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In reply to the discussion: Academy member calls for Oscars boycott of Zero Dark Thirty [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)recently I saw a re-run of Law and Order SVU, where this guy had killed several people, and kidnapped another woman. After their investigation figured out who he was, they tortured him to make him tell where the kidnapped woman was being kept.
In the book "The Bad Place" a female private detective tortures a guy they had just captured to make him tell them who hired him.
Just two of the many examples of torture that can be found in our books, television shows, and movies. Torture being done by the "good guys" for a "good reason".
Torture is wrong, but if it can prevent a "greater" wrong, such as the death of a kdinap victim or the future mayhem of the criminal mastermind, then it is likely to be accepted. We have probably been taught to accept it hundreds of times in stories.