Torture does not work. It has been proven time and again (I can't even believe that we're even debating this in this day and age), that either one of two things will happen. The first, which is most common, is that people will say ANYTHING under torture, usually lies to hide the truth, but in an attempt to save themselves. They'll make things up, they'll point the finger at their own mother, or father or sibling to make the torture stop. The second thing that can happen, which is less common, is if the person truly believes in their cause they won't say anything at all, even under torture. They'll die first. So, torture doesn't work and why are we debating that it might. It is immoral and unconstitutional, something that certain political factions can't seem to wrap their tiny little brains around.
And part two, of the Stockholm Syndrome:
Oh...if we could just be more like Sweden.
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