> mentioned about the Char-Un for "going overboard" and raping other
than in
> the aftermath of a battle. Basically its "Okay to kill and rape"
in the
> heat of battle but wrong to do them as a hobby.
I think rape is inherently dehumanising and pointless, and therefore moraly corrupting whatever the circumstances.
> I have real problems with torture since it's inherently a useless
practise.
It is a tricky one.
> ...Like any act there's probably a line to cross
> from a necessary evil to a real evil and it's probably the feelings
people
> get from committing the act and the circumstances.
To my mind, it's the degree of dissociation of the torturer from the victim as a moral being.
Simon Hibbs
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