re: #804 publicityStunted

Of course torture works. It’s by far the best way to:

- generate pain and terror
- extract false confessions
- demoralize, degrade, and destroy a human being

…all of which contribute quite nicely to tyrannical regimes who like to keep their citizens in a constant state of fear.

I submit that there have been rare instances it has done as advertised. Human nature is something with which I have a passing familiarity. There are individuals who will cave with threats of torture, mild torture and others who will respond to severe torture. Military organizations and intelligence agencies the world over have studied this phenomena.

Never say never.