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marjaerwin) wrote2012-11-17 01:05 pm
marjaerwin) wrote2012-11-17 01:05 pm
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[TW] there are evil means only suited for evil ends
Torture is one of them. One of the defenders of torture claimed it worked for the French regime in Algeria:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/19513603
If your goal is mass murder, torture works, but gas chambers also work. And the linked account doesn't suggest any goal beyond mass murder. If your goal is to extract confessions from "secret Jews," "heretics," and "witches," torture works. If your goal is anything else, you haven't demonstrated that it works for anything else.
There are evil means only suited for evil ends.
The dirty little secret about torture is that it works. [...snip...]
In the early morning, they executed the prisoners and buried them - no exceptions. Several thousands were killed in this fashion; as Aussaresses argues, if they were to have been taken to court, all those bodies would've clogged up the justice system for a decade and there'd be a good chance they'd escape from jail.
And I bet the CIA special rendition programme is working too.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/19513603
If your goal is mass murder, torture works, but gas chambers also work. And the linked account doesn't suggest any goal beyond mass murder. If your goal is to extract confessions from "secret Jews," "heretics," and "witches," torture works. If your goal is anything else, you haven't demonstrated that it works for anything else.
There are evil means only suited for evil ends.