Hey fuzzy, I think the specific issues aren't listening to some loudly but rather intentionally not letting someone sleep for well over a week. Also not putting an insect in someone's holding cell, but rather putting them in an extremely crapped stress position, barely able to move and then putting an insect in when you know they're afraid of insects.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to be greatly spinning the facts.
Copied and pasted straight from wikipedia:
Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is: "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him, or a third person, information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to, lawful sanctions."
Hi Quantum,
I do not believe in torture and I'm glad you placed the definition for clarification purposes, and the photos I posted
"No One" was prosecuted that I know of or could find for any prisoner "torture".
{quote}
Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is: "any act by which
severe pain or
suffering, whether physical or
mental, is
intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him, or a third person, information or a confession,
punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is
suspected of having committed, or
intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on
discrimination of any kind, when such pain or
suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or
suffering arising only from, inherent in, or
incidental to, lawful sanctions.
{end quote}
The problem is highlighted in "
Blue", words that are subjective what means something to one person means not much of anything to someone else, like loud unattractive music or one hundred flies for instance. The photos from "Abu Ghraib" prison show up every week with censored nude prisoners and are being called torture by main stream news media like CNN and BBC wanting prosecutions and convictions. But what do you call the WW11 ship and the Vietnam photo posted ...... I call the WW11 ship photo because of the mass amount of witnesses, man with a club and another with a camera "torture", the Vietnamese being drug behind a Army personnel carrier ( maybe dead ) "torture".
There are many that think there is no black and white to this issue of torture and there are many shades of gray that should be or need to be clarified and put into perspective.
Please forgive me if you think I'm twisting the facts ...... just trying to make a point in a very touchy subject.
Best Regards,
Fuzzy