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Torture
Torture is the infliction of severe physical pain, psychological pain, and possibly injury to a person or other living being on purpose. In most cases, the victim is restrained and unable to resist the violence of the perpetrator. Torture has been used and continues to be used by individuals, organizations, and governments, regardless of numerous governments' and international organizations' laws opposing torture. This is because there are numerous motives for torture such as: punishment, revenge, political re-education, deterrence, interrogation or coercion of the victim or a third party, or simply the sadistic gratification of those carrying out or observing the torture.
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How many forms of torture are named after Ralphie says the Queen Mother of all dirty words?
Five - It was all over - I was dead. What would it be? The guillotine? Hanging? The chair? The rack? The Chinese water torture? Hmmph. Mere child's play compared to what surely awaited me.
The word "torturous" applies to torture, but the word "tortuous" (twisting) is the correct word when relating to a winding road or a difficult series of activities (especially legal).
Is tickling a sign of torcher?
Yes, when someone is tickled over and over again it is a sign of torcher.
What kinds of torture did Jesus go through on Easter?
People spit in his face and slapped and punched him. He was mocked, He was flogged 39 times(because 40 would have killed a man), and a crown of thorns was put on his head. He carried his cross for miles, essentially digging His own grave. Nails were driven through his palms and his feet, securing Him to the cross. A spear was driven through His side. Normally, what the guards would do would be to break the legs of those who were being crucified, so that they wouldn't be able to hold themselves up, so they would suffocate. But when the guards came to Jesus, He was already dead. His last words were "It is finished."
Who was the Greek god of torture?
i was reading about Greek gods and stuff, i even know ancient Greek alphabet, and i don't think there is a Greek god of torture, but there is Ares, the god of war. unless he is one of the minor gods or one i never heard about(which i really don't think is possible), i don't think there is a god of torture...
There was none. Torture would not really be worthy enough in my mind... IMPROVED ANSWER There was no Greek god of torture. However, the minor god Nemesis gave people who had a lot of good luck bad fortune.
Tarterous. Although some people believe it is just a pit in the underworld, it is actually a titan from the titan age before the gods. When cast into the pit where he lives you are tortured for all eternity with no escape. Sounds fun, right?! Okay I will say this AGAIN! There was no GREEK GOD of torture BUT there was a TITAN LORD of torture known as Tarterous! When cast into his realm (the ginormous pit in the underworld) you are tortured by all of eternity typically by either your fears you were unable to overcome OR if you died gruesomely you would relive your death over and over and over! so there! Go to Godchecker , look under Greek gods, go to the T's, and find Tarterous! you will see that i am right!
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Tartarus "the pit" was the great stormy Tartarean pit that lay beneath the earth; as far below Hades as Heaven is above the earth, and closed by iron gates. There is a primordial god (NOT A TITAN) self-named Tartarus, imagined as a part of the stormy pit - like Gaea is the embodiment and personification of the Earth.
Later poets say call Tartarus the place in the lower world in which the spirits of wicked men are punished for their crimes, but this is not so.
Tartarus is where the Titans were condemned to go when Zeus won the war.
Other gods/goddesses of pain and punishment:
* Erinyes: "the Furies" were said to oversee the torture of criminals consigned to the Dungeons of the Damned. (In the Underworld).
* Algea: daughters of Eris, goddesses of pain and suffering (of both body and mind), grief, sorrow and distress. They were the bringers of weeping and tears.
*Oizys: goddess of painful misery and woe, distress and suffering. She was one of the malevolent children of Nyx (Night).
*Penthos: god of grief, mourning and lamentation.
*Poena: goddess of retribution, vengeance, recompense, punishment and penalty for the crime of murder and manslaughter.
* Nemesis :the goddess of indignation against, and retribution for, evil deeds and undeserved good fortune.
Definition of TORTURE1a : anguish of body or mind : agony
b : something that causes agony or pain
2: the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure
What form of torture is walling?
"Walling" is the brutal shoving of suspects against a wall.
From Serwer's account:
The Bybee memo also describes a procedure known as "walling." The detainee wears a thick collar, which the interrogator uses to throw him against a "flexible wall." This "false wall" is meant to be constructed in such a way that impact creates a loud sound. Bybee wrote, "The idea is to create a sound that will make the impact seem far worse than it is and will be far worse than any injury inflicted on an individual." In Bybee's description, the detainee's shoulder blades are meant to hit the wall, implying that the detainee's back is to the wall.
In practice though, the ICRC report indicates that Zubayda was slammed "directly against a hard concrete wall." Another detainee, Walid Bin Attash, said that he was not only slammed against the walls of his interrogation room but that he was led along the corridor by his collar and slammed against the wall as he went. Another detainee said his head was slammed against a pillar repeatedly. One of the other memos released yesterday, written in May 2005 by Steven G. Bradbury, who was then head of the OLC, indicates that "walling" could be used "20 or thirty times consecutively when the interrogator requires a more significant response to a question."
What does Catherine wheeling mean?
It refers to a "breaking wheel", a torture device used for capital punishment in the Middle Ages and early modern times for public execution by bludgeoning to death.
Legend has it that St Catherine of Alexandria was sentenced to be executed on one of these devices, which thereafter became known as the Catherine wheel.
How did the medieval people use the thumb screw?
The thumb screw was a device to torture victims. The victim's thumb was placed in the device and the handle was turned to put painful pressure on the thumb - not very nice.
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No, crucifixion was used from around 6th Century BC (i.e. Before Christ) to the 4th Century AD. For over 900 years with Christ living somewhere in the middle of that timescale.
Tartarus is a deep abyss in Greek mythology, often considered a primordial deity and a place of punishment for the wicked. It is located far beneath the Earth and is used to imprison the Titans and other malevolent beings. In addition to its role in mythology, Tartarus symbolizes the most extreme depths of suffering and despair. In a broader context, it represents a place of torment or an underworld for those who have committed grave sins.
Pope Francis was a very young Jesuit provincial during the last years of Argentina's "dirty war", and for the first three years of the military junta. There are no credible accusations of his personal involvement in the torture or death of Argentinians.
Rumors of complicity, as provincial, in the arrest and torture of two fellow Jesuits were denied even by the victims themselves. While many of the nation's bishops were complicit, the Jesuit provincial Begoglio did not publicly support the junta. Several survivors, in fact, recount his critical involvement in a kind of 'underground railroad', using the seminary and other resources to save lives.
