Torture

The Nazis used both established tortures for that time and also created new ones. They experimented with medical torture, for example, which was very new then. The Nazis were probably were the first group to use sexual torture as routine standard practice.

The worst kinds of torture and child abuse are found in A Child Called It. Ammonia was forced down his throat; his arm was broken; his arm was burned on a stove; his face was shoved in a diaper. He was forced to sleep in a freezing basement. He received regular blows to his body. All of this abuse was from his mother.

there were many types of torture, the most common was medical torture.

they were used as "guinea pigs" for experiments.

Iron Maiden

Hmmm, I have never seen or heard of hot oil boiling.

Because people hate rat.

So they torture them and use them for animal testing. - Kristen

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to me, torture means to inflect as much pain as possible while keeping the poor victim alive as long as possible. If you want to know what i think the worst possible torture is, is seeing your family being tortured to death, or, this is my nightmare, but anyways, seeing the two people you love most in the world, you girlfriend, mom, sister, grandma, best friend, etc., and seeing them hanging over a big bowl of acid, and you have to choose which one lives, and which one dies. Sad, isn't it? i almost cry at the thought of my mom and brother there because i know my mom will say to let my brother live, then i would have to choose... Torture is about the torturer not the subject. Torture is about control over a person, a group of people, or a situation. Dictionary.com defines torture as "the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty." This is a literal definition, but it is only a partial one, and is not exactly correct. Recent studies examining the torturers of the past, from the Khmer Rouge Chief Interrogator at S-21 (Kaing Guek Eav) to those of the Stalin regime and Nazi Germany, new light has been shed to illuminate the fact that torturers are not the sadists they were formerly believed to be. In fact, hundreds of interviews and years of study show that sadism is antithetical to the goals of torture. Torture is an act or series of acts used for causing pain, but the pain is not always physical. The pain can be emotional, mental or psychological, spiritual, intellectual, ethical, moral, or focused on any of the various visceral or atavistic perceptions or elements of humans. Torture is a commen event, even in the developed countries of the world today. It is not just used against terror subjects in the US or by its allies. It is used by every law enforcement agency in the world; those in the US and other similar nations just hide it better than most. This is not conjecture; this is personal experience. The goal of torture may be for vengeance, it can be borne of paranoia, it can spring from a twisted sense of justice. Consider for a moment that a group of individuals plan for and attack a civilian target. They kill thousands of people, and destroy billions of dollars of property, crippling a portion of that nation's economy. Those involved who do not die in the attack are captured. Clear evidence exists to connect the prisoners to the act. History irrefutably shows that torture interrogations do not provide factual confessions--this is a point of science. What is then the point of torturing these prisoners? Is it to make them suffer before execution, pure vengeance? Vengeance is a hollow victory. The manner of exectution and the activities leading up to it speak more for the executioner than the condemned. If a man is condemned, his death is the goal; dead is dead. Why prolong the outcome? What purpose does it serve? Not justice. That is satisfied in the death of the condemned. An attempt at retribution for the suffering caused by the condemned person? That is satisfied by the sentence and the execution. Torture, in what ever form, by what ever means, serves one purpose. Unfortunately, that purpose can only be known by the torturer; it is too personal for third party speculation.

I don't know how long it lasts, that probably would depend on the will of the victim, but me and my roommate just waterboarded each other to see what it's like and it is terrible. The longest we could last was me lasting 20 seconds before having to give up. I would be very surprised if anyone can last even 40 seconds in a single pouring.

-Dantevus

depends on what you view as art. Art means different things to different people. But to answer your question, yes torture can be viewed as a form of art.

Torture is recognized as a war crime by international convention, when perpetrated on any foreign civilian or prisoner or war.

There are two difficulties with this law.

One is that it is often ignored in open war, where the basic object is to kill or capture the enemy, and get whatever information is possible while doing so. Whether acts in war are "illegal" or "inhumane" is often unclear (as with the atomic or conventional bombing of cities in World War II).

The second is that the definition of "torture" is anything that adversely affects a captive or detainee, which can range from psychological and physical discomfort to actual injury or death. Under this vague definition, nothing the slightest bit uncomfortable could be done to any prisoner or suspect (which at the very least is unrealistic).

The Geneva Conventions have a long list of standards that define what makes up torture. The full answer would be too long to display hear, but the Conventions can be read on-line via the Internet.

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No, he did not. The first renditions that we know about occurred under President Ronald Reagan; Bill Clinton also agreed with rendition under certain circumstances. But it was during the presidency of George W. Bush that the number of renditions increased: memos were written specifically for this purpose by the Bush legal team (led by his Deputy Attorney General John Yoo). These rulings stated that torture (euphemistically called "enhanced interrogations"), as well as extraordinary rendition of those thought to be terrorists, was legal. Today we know that not everyone subjected to these procedures was a terrorist. In fact, some detainees who were on the receiving end were never officially charged with any crimes, and a few were released later on. Also, it is still a bone of contention as to whether these methods worked: Mr. Bush and his vice president Dick Cheney insist that they did, but others in the Bush administration denied that they produced any useful information.

Torture is not generally a part of Voodoo.

Although the Nazi's were famous for their use of gas chambers in the concentration camps, this was more of a method of execution rather than torture. In order to torture people (mostly for information) the Nazi's had various technical, some of their own invention, for torturing prisoners. They were very fond of 'dental work'; this could involve a variety of things such as teeth pulling, twisting and removing gold fillings without aesthetic (which were then melted down and used, along with other possessions, and made into so called 'Nazi Gold'). Nail pulling was also popular and burning with matches and cigarettes. Nazi doctors in the camps also experimented with electroshock therapy and new highly dangerous surgical techniques. Brutal beating was also common using a verity of instruments.

There were many more techniques used in the camps (e.g scalping ect) but the ones listed above were the most common.

Yes. Palpitations are not uncommon in sleep deprived people, even in the short term.

Sleep is one of the most important thing a human being does, even if they don't outwardly achieve anything with it. Sleep deprivation is bad!

If by Dracula you mean Vlad Dracul, the impaler, he tortured people because he was very angry at them (for invading his country) and wished to get revenge.

Dracula didn't just kill people, he liked to see them suffer. Dracula's favorite method of torture was to impale people and leave them to writhe in agony, often for days.

Yes, but it could not be implemented. President Obama signed an order to close the Guantanamo prison due to alleged abuses and use of torture. Unfortunately, congress refused to go along with it, and the prisoners remained there. Guantanamo has been very contentious ever since President Bush began sending people there, and many civil libertarians believe it is cruel and unusual punishment to hold people there indefinitely, without charges and without a trial. President Obama has repeatedly said he wants it closed, but he has not been able to persuade congress to to work with him and make it happen.

They made them watch Mitt Romney commercials

Yes, Peeta lives through the torture. However, he is not mentally stable.

maybe

Nudity might be torture if the nudity is not consensual . For example, if a person is forced to be nude in a public setting, this might be considered to be torture. It would be torture if the person was nude and his or her religion prohibited nudity as well.

More properly an execution device- it held the body of the victim upright until he or she succumbed- the living body was set on fire- in the case of Joan of Arc she was in a white hooded dress ( not her armor) and was bound diagonally to the stake. Like the Guillotine, this is more properly an execution device and not a torture implement.

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