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deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
you cannot be this dense. it was torture. it’s still torture. laws dont define reality.

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- deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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