Comment on When Britain used torture to control the Strait of Hormuz

• deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So it wasn’t torture, then it became torture? Seems contradictory. Perhaps you should stick to the legal definition of the time, otherwise it makes discussing the subject impossible.

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  • huf@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    you cannot be this dense. it was torture. it’s still torture. laws dont define reality.

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    • deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Laws literally define what torture is. How could it be enforced otherwise? How could they create coercive techniques that avoided it being torture?

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      • huf@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        no, the word torture has a meaning independent of the laws of the day. it’s been fairly stable for a long time.

        also, why do they need to create “coercive techniques” (methods of torture)?

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