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Quote by: grandpa  That's not the issue. I never said people should take pleasure in torture.
It comes down to this:
You argued that a machinelike method makes torture less objectionable. I say that's nothing but fascist idealism.
Grandpa h. |
Assuming that torture is sometimes permissable then yes I do argue that a machinelike unemotional approach to it is less objectionable then an emotional one. To me that's just basic level headed morality. If it is accepted that sometimes you must do things that are 'bad' then surely it is better that they are simply done, with the shock and guilt dealt with afterwards.
What is less objectionable, an army of soldiers who take sexual pleasure from the act of killing, or an army of soldiers who kill dispassionately?
Hmm... am I a fascist idealist?