The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I am deathly afraid of the dentist, do not go willingly, dread it, and want it to be over immediately. It literally takes every ounce of will power I have not to bolt from the chair. Is that to be considered torture?

If somebody forces you to do it as punishment or a form of cercion, then it likely is.

As for your friends who don't consider it to be torture, do you think they'd still hold that position if it were Taliban fighters doing it to a member of their platoon? Or is part of the reason that they don't consider torture that it is Americans doing it to other people?