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by a1369209993 1743 days ago
> but those considerations are often excuses offered to justify the torture to external critics. In many cases, people are tortured purely in order to terrorize others into compliance, or because the torturers are sadists who get off on it.

Sure, but in that case you're fucked regardless, so there's not much point worrying about it.