What is it about torture that makes some people rush to defend it? It’s a fact that it doesn’t elicit the truth from its victims, so why do they do it? Oddly enough; those who enjoy torturing other human beings, don’t even have to be present when someone is being tortured to enjoy it. They only have to know that it is being done, that’s enough for them. Is that why they defend it so fiercely? There has to be some defect, some genetic wiring gone bad in those who even consider torture. They are less than human…and that is sad.
Torture is never okay, but the mentality that is behind the act - it is deeper than anyone could understand. I encourage you to watch the "Stanford Prison Experiment", it will give you just a glipse of what can happen to weak minded people given power over other individuals. It is eye opening. No excuses though, and our society seems to make excuses for everything: child molestation, domestic violence, murder, can all be linked to some event in your childhood. But does that ever make it okay?
ReplyDeleteAnd what is our society's excuse for mental illness? Or doesn't it exist?
ReplyDeleteYes, I saw the "Experiment" and I wondered why they had to do that...it seems so obvious that I wondered why they needed an experiment to verify it.