The smart people in Congress have been arguing whether to outlaw torture. Personally, I have never had a problem with torture. Before I would torture someone, though, I would need to be clear about a few things:
* Do I like this person?
* Do I know this person?
If I don’t like someone, then I want that person hurt. Also, I don’t care about people I don’t know, so torturing them is fine.
Now, most of these arguments about torture involve terrorists. I don’t like terrorists and I don’t know them, so they fit my strict guidelines for torture. They should be beaten, electrocuted, have bamboo shoots stuck under their fingernails, and anything else you can think of. They might even give up someone useful information during the torture, but no one should be tortured for information; that ruins the purity of torture. The point of torture is hurting bad people, and we should keep that focus lest we become as bad as those we shock in the gonads.