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Here is the goofy thing about torture........

Ok...in my country (US) there is a whole bunch of press about torturing prisoners and blah blah blah. I will say right now that I'm against such things just on the principal of human decency. I admit that there is something kinda 'Hollywood' about the idea of torture. The good guys beat the snot out of the bad guy until he spits out the name of the super secret bad guy lair. The good guys swoop in and rid the earth of the bad guys.

Now here is the goofy thing. Won't the 'bad guy' say virtually ANYTHING to avoid torture?? I am certain that if I were in his shoes, I would be screaming out every known secret I ever had with the hope that they would STOP!! Hell...I would make up shit to get them to stop.

How about a roleplay example....

Mean interrogator - "Where is the holy grail??"
Poor Bob - "How the fuck should I know??"
Mean Interrogator - SMACKS someplace tender "SPEAK swine....tell me!!"
Poor Bob - "FUCKKKK...ok ok...the holy grail....yes!! I remember...its at my Aunt's house...in Cleveland!!"
Mean interrogator - "why should we believe you??"
Poor Bob - "I dunno...cause you are a dumb shit??"
Mean interrogator - SMACK SMACK
[two smacks to someplace 'tender' is probably my limit...lol]
Poor Bob - "OK OK....ummmm...Moses told me."
Mean interrogator - "if you have seen the holy grail, what color is it??"
Poor Bob - "Ummm....green? no no...blue?...no" watches his reaction "red?? no wait....gold?? yes...YES...gold!!"

See my point?? There actually is some official study out there that says basically the same thing....just with bigger, more officially sounding words