• commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 years ago

    in torture inflicting pain or distress is the point. if all of these procedures could be done without the pain or distress, they would be. the pain or distress is incidental. it’s not torture. qed

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      2 years ago

      Intention doesn’t define torture. Many people aren’t sadists, but they like money more than they care about morals. Or taste from the consumers.