Quote Originally Posted by TomOfSweden View Post
Yeah. Exactly. It rests on the assumption that only real pain, (ie pain transferred from the physical body) can count as torture. But if we simulate it, we transfer the same torture to the brain, which is what counts. The sum of the effects from pain transferred to the brain is what torture is. So it would be exactly as inhumane. At least as far as the pain is concerned.
I don't know about you guys, but when I was a kid and did something wrong I was punished. The punishment varied with the severity of the action (or inaction) but it was still punishment. And I'll tell you one thing, a swat on the bottom got my attention one hell of a lot faster than standing in the corner.

This is strictly my opinion, but any person who has committed inhumane acts probably shouldn't expect to be treated humanely when he is caught.