Scalzi on Torture

March 10, 2008 in Political Animals | No comments

It seems I missed this when John Scalzi posted it a couple weeks ago:

You know, personally, I’ve gotten to the point that when someone suggests to me that no, really, torture does work, I lump them into the same category as Creationists, i.e., people with a certain-shaped hole in their otherwise functioning cognitive processes. With creationists, it’s the shape of a Bible; for the pro-torture types, it’s the shape of a waterboard.

John also points us to an excellent article: 5 Myths About Torture and Truth. The simple fact is that torture is ineffective, and those who advocate it are after revenge, not security.