Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
Things that bother me about Abrahamic Monotheists is the way they torture people to death and set up laws that remove hands and feet, or Christians who preach that there is a place of eternal torture for non-Christians.
That is complete psychopathic cruelty!
So, I have said elsewhere but for those who haven't seen it, I don't even believe a terrorist who rapes and murders my whole family then hacks off my limbs should be tortured to death.
I think the severely wounded creature is tormented enough, is miserable (and joyless) from hate and bitterness, and needs to be put out of his misery quickly!
Also, If I'm such an offense to God, he should just put me out of my misery. What good does it do to torture me?
So, I think torture is never acceptable. Not ever!
Do you?
Please explain!
If you have a person in your custody who knows where and when a nuclear device will be detonated in a highly populated area and torturing him could provide information that would save millions of lives, would you simply allow the device to be detonated or would you use torture to get the information?