torture

[addy]

It's most likely true that torture occurs behind closed doors all the time, where the public can't be outraged by it. Heck, torture as a last resort is probably an ideal scenario compared to what actually goes on within military circles, where, judging by cases like Abu Ghraib, torture becomes casual and an everyday fact instead of the grave moral dilemma it should be.

I can agree on a personal level that in worst, worst case scenarios torture could be an option to save lives... but its hard if not downright impossible to put a rule like that into writing without introducing a hell of a slippery slope.