If we define all deliberate infliction of pain as torture then we lose the use of a useful concept. You are not cutting reality at the joint.
If we define all deliberate infliction of pain as torture then we lose the use of a useful concept.
I'm not. I'm defining using physical pain as a means of punishment as torture.
That's even fairly conservative. Plenty of people also consider activities such as female circumcision for religious purposes torture.
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