Re:US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program
by wormparoxysm on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @01:18AM
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I heard on npr radio that the purpose of torture is to intimidate, not extract information. Which makes it all clear.
Incentives for information:
1.) Extract information.
2.) The information should be useful.
Incentives for intimidation:
1.) Information extraction is of no concern.
2.) The torture should be so shocking, and awesome, that George Carlin style many extra syllables need to be added to the word "tor-ture" like when Diane Feinstein says the supersized Orwellian phrase that "tor-ture" has become.
3.) The details of the torture should be made public.
Incentives for information: 1.) Extract information. 2.) The information should be useful.
Incentives for intimidation: 1.) Information extraction is of no concern. 2.) The torture should be so shocking, and awesome, that George Carlin style many extra syllables need to be added to the word "tor-ture" like when Diane Feinstein says the supersized Orwellian phrase that "tor-ture" has become. 3.) The details of the torture should be made public.