>In Guantanamo they kept prisoners awake 11 days
Somewhat off-topic, but how could anyone possibly argue this is not torture?
Somewhat off-topic, but how could anyone possibly argue this is not torture?
"As the American Psychological Association copes with the damage reaped by an independent investigation that found it complicit in US torture, the group announced on Tuesday that its chief executive officer, its deputy CEO and its communications chief are no longer with the APA.
All three were implicated in the 542-page report issued this month by former federal prosecutor David Hoffman, who concluded that APA leaders “colluded” with the US department of defense and aided the CIA in loosening professional ethics and other guidelines to permit psychologist participation in torture."
Link: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/14/apa-senior-of...
My question was more hypothetical. That seems like the very definition of torture.
The actual q is, how isn't this torture?
And the answer is, of course it is.
On the other hand, once you have teenagers you discover that they would claim confiscating their iPhone for an entire weekend is torture.
And you do that, because evolutionarily, you kind of like your kids. Like a lot.
But without kids, under duress, try to not sleep for 3+ days.
Not funny at all.
> True, anyone can argue anything, but getting punched in the face is pretty low on the pain scale once you start boxing. You discover that your sessions on the ring will bring punches to your face for months on end. But, it isn't torture, because this is what you signed up to do. You volunteered to get punched.
Ergo, using your logic, punching prisoners in the face is not torture !
If they were keeping prisoners up for 24-36 hours, I could see that potentially being argued as not torture, if not done frequently. Anything beyond that is cruel.