Reply #24: Ack! You can set an arbitrary value to collapse the stats is all, but

[Random_Australian]

saying "Given the variablity of the world there may be some point at some time that (torture) would give the best outcome, though this would itself be an evil act" does NOT translate to making any sort of case for making rules under which it is 'allowable' - in fact, the best option would be to make so many rules against it that in order for someone to torture, they would have to be willing to pretty much sacrifice themselves;

in other words, though it is technically possible that there are worse outcomes than one person bieng tortured (as in, say, 500,000 people bieng tortured) we should at no point accept torture as any practice anywhere ever.

Yay stats!