Is it torture if after having experienced it, you can stand up, cough and blow you nose, then walk away normally? I'd say it's intense hazing.
>> Isn’t that what makes it torture?
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> Is it torture if after having experienced it, you can stand up, cough and blow you nose, then walk away normally? I’d say it’s intense hazing.
This is one of the better arguments; however, I think it has one weakness: if it’s not “cruel and unusual”, then why don’t we use it against criminals? I’m sure that there’s lots of info that could be garnered by applying this in The War on Drugs.