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"Inhuman," Ctd
ByA reader writes:
You're right that torture cannot be a base instinct, at least on that level. Torture is a complex mechanism,
and cannot by itself be encoded into the space between genetic fabric
and the environment. But so many pieces of it are. The instinct to
fight people you feel threatened by. The instinct to declare and
demonstrate yourself the superior. The instinct to mimic what your
compatriot is doing to that inferior person with that watering can and
cloth and inclined board.
What part of torture isn't instinct? The part where a guy in a chair pens a bloody policy in bloodless language, stating that some level of gore is "acceptable". That's where it stops being instinct.
What part of torture isn't instinct? The part where a guy in a chair pens a bloody policy in bloodless language, stating that some level of gore is "acceptable". That's where it stops being instinct.
And the part when people can pretend it didn't happen or wasn't as terrifying as it was.
