I guess this is one reason why I liked Babylon 5 so much. I some how doubt Captain Sheridan would have hesitated to "torture" a machine. He sure didn't hesitate to eliminate (as in "destroy") the 2nd Ambassador Kosh when his presence presented a security risk!
As for Babylon 5, which was one of the finest series ever created, the producer J Michael Straczynski had a guiding principle.
No cute robots. No cute kids.
Sound advice. Galactica always posited Adama vs human peacenik appeasers. That is not the way people are. Didn't anyone want revenge ?