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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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World record holder for sleep deprivation?
Randy Gardener was the man to not sleep for 11 days; the sad part is,that he started hallucinating from the 4th day that he was a famous black soccer player.
Who invented the iron maiden torture?
Although it is mostly associated with the middle ages, the iron maiden torture device was not invented until the 19th century. Most historians believe that its usage is a complete myth and was, in fact, a hoax.
Do demons torture people in hell?
According to this scripture taken from the bible, Satan and those that follow him, will be tormented in the lake of fire. With everyone that goes to hell there is not going to be anytime for a "ruler" to torment people. The burning flames and the pain is going to keep the people quite busy.
Hell was not created for man, hell was specifically created for the devil and the fallen angels. Matthew 25:41 ".....Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil an his angels:" So the whole design of hell was created to punish Satan and those that had fallen with him.
Something that was created to punish demons and the principalities and powers of the air, they are not going to have special privileges to punish people. They too will be punished.
Answer 2According to Hinduism, there are seven hells and the ruler of them all is called Yama. They claim that Yama or the Lord of hell is responsible for administering the relevant punishment appropriate to the particular crime. The inmate after serving the relevant punishment is then returned to earth as a new baby in an appropriate home with the opportunity to make amends and improve his/her moral standing.What is the Hebrew word for torture stake?
There is no Hebrew word for a torture stake. You would have to describe it, for example: yatéd sheh mistamshÃm beh inúi (יתד ×©×ž×©×ª×ž×©×™× ×‘×¢×™× ×•×™)
Ritual abuse is methodical. It often times uses indoctrination. This is meant to break the will of someone else. Ritual abuse may be defined as abuse repeated over an long amount of time. It may include severe physical abuse and sometimes torture and killing. It may include sexual abuse which is usually humiliating, painful and its intention may be to gaining dominance over the one abused. The psychological abuse involved can be devastating and uses ritual indoctrination. Mind control techniques are used which cause strong terror in the victim of the cult members. Most victims suffers from terror and dissociation.
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The above answer is very accurate and coves alot of ground. I am just going to add a little more information. This type of abuse can occur in cults. These cults vary in size and what kind of ritual abuse they do. There usually is a high priest/priestess that is the leader of this type of cult. These type of cults can be quite violent and extremely dangerous. Also these cults can be trans-generational which means they can be passed on from one generation to another. These types of cults do exist but not is much known about how widespread the these cults are? Where they are located? How they operate? What type of people join these groups? etc...
Was tying a live body to a dead body a form of torture?
It was practiced by Etruscan pirates, not by the Romans. It was the body of death.
When was In the Belly of the Brazen Bull created?
In the Belly of the Brazen Bull was created on 2012-05-07.
Why would you want to torture a baby!! You sick sick person!!
Torture in it its primary use is getting other people to reveal information, in other cases it can be used to inflict pain on others . People actually torture other people just to get a sexual thrill, others for extreme punishments.
What where the types of torture that was used in the Spanish Inquisition?
The Inquisition was keen to maintain the dishonest and misleading pretence that, as good (!) Christians, they "did not shed blood". So they tried to use tortures that didn't not involve (much) bloodshed, for example:
- Simulated drowing ("waterboarding")
- the rack
- the strappado
- thumbscrews
- putting the legs in iron "boots" that were tightened
- poking and tweaking victims' flesh and genitals with red hot inplements
To cap it all, they said things like, "We destroy the body in order to save the soul".
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Catholic AnswerActually, I'm afraid that most of the "types of torture used in the Spanish Inquisition" is a myth:.
Extracted from Seven Lies About Catholic History Infamous Myths About the Church's Past and How to Answer Them by Diane Moczar, c 2010 by TAN Books, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Of all the Inquisitions (and there were a few from the 12th century until the 19th century), practically synonymous in the popular mind with the term is the Spanish Inquisition, mostly due to anti-Spanish Black Legend propaganda that has been produced from the Reformation until now. Thanks be to God, finally, truth is started to take hold due to people like Diane Moczar, an history professor at North Virginia Community College, Dr. William A. Donahue, the founder and president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights as well as Henry Kamen, a British Historian and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Please see the links below for a more detailed answer.
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One of the myths that Diane Moczar speaks about in her book, Seven Lies About Catholic History, is the one spun by English Protestant writers detailed the sadistic tortures supposedly used by Spanish Inquisitors.:
It turns out that torture was in fact rarely used, and even when it was, it was very limited. In one group of seven thousand accused persons who came before the Inquisition in Valencia, for example, only two percent were tortured, and for no more than fifteen minutes.
from Wikipedia, article on Spanish Inquistion:
Although the Inquisition was technically forbidden from permanently harming or drawing blood,[61] this still allowed for methods of torture. The methods most used, and common in other secular and ecclesiastical tribunals, were garrucha, toca and the potro.[61] The application of the garrucha, also known as the strappado, consisted of suspending the victim from the ceiling by the wrists, which are tied behind the back. Sometimes weights were tied to the ankles, with a series of lifts and drops, during which the arms and legs suffered violent pulls and were sometimes dislocated.[65] The toca, also called interrogatorio mejorado del agua, consisted of introducing a cloth into the mouth of the victim, and forcing them to ingest water spilled from a jar so that they had the impression of drowning (see: waterboarding).[66] The potro, the rack, was the instrument of torture used most frequently.[67]
61. ^ a b c Kamen, op. cit., p. 190.
62. ^ a b c Haliczer, Stephen, Inquisition and society in the kingdom of Valencia, 1478-1834, p. 79, University of California Press, 1990
63. ^ by Peters, Edward, Inquisition, Dissent, Heterodoxy and the Medieval Inquisitional Office, pp. 92-93, University of California Press (1989), ISBN 0-520-06630-8.
64. ^ Kamen, op. cit., p. 189.
65. ^ Sabatini, Rafael, Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition: A History, p. 190, Kessinger Publishing (2003), ISBN 0-7661-3161-0.
66. ^ Scott, George Ryley, The History of Torture Throughout the Ages, p. 172, Columbia University Press (2003) ISBN 0-7103-0837-X.
67. ^ Carrol. James, Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews: A History, p. 356, Houghton Mifflin Books (2002), ISBN 0-618-21908-0.
Does sleep deprivation affect your learning abilities?
Yes. If you do not get enough sleep, your brain does not have time to ready itself for the new incoming information and therefore you will learn less because you cannot register what is being said.
Is it illegal if someone threatens to torture?
No but it is not something I would recommend. If you fly off the handle threatening to sue a person it could possibly look bad to the judge. Consult with an attorney/lawyer to see if you have a case first. They will help you with the legal proceedings from there.
Why is the catherine wheel called catherine?
The fireworks device with a wheel propelled with a battery of rockets around the rim is called a Catherine Wheel almost by historical accident. One of the many saints named Catherine, was allegedly tortured or martyred on a spiked wheel. However, no flames nor pyrotechnics were involved. Somehow the wrong buttons get pushed and we have a confusion with chariots of Fire and the biblical tales of Ezekiel and his Wheel, but not referred to as a chariot in the Bible, by the way. Actually Ezekielian wheel would make more sense as the wheel was apparently surrounded with smoke and steam if not actual fire effects. In the US this type of firework is illegal except for organized displays. It is usually called a Pinwheel, maybe becaue of separation of church and state, rather than Catherine wheel which has religious connotations. And Ezekiel saw a Wheel!
What was the press torture device?
The press was a torture device in which the victim would lie under a large wooden board, and large rocks and weights were placed on top, which crushed the person underneath. The person would have to give in to the crime otherwise they would probably be crushed to death, even if they didn't actually commit it.
What were some torture devices in the Vietnam war?
Look up POW (topics) they're the men that usually experienced those devices.
Yes - depending which side you are on. Also 'terrorism' can and is at times looked upon as the poor man's war. Don't forget, we sort of invented it for our own Revolutionary War. (With a little help from the Indians ... but most of the real atrocities were by whites.)
Technically, No. Water boarding is considered unethical by some, but no previsions in any laws I can find prohibit water boarding.
Water boarding performed on every Navy Seal so they understand what their enemies may put them through should they be captured.
In the most public case the water boarding of two people, know to be very bad men, saved the life of thousands in California. How is the inconvenience of two men even comparable to the thousands that lived because of it. Remember these were known to be VERY bad men. I believe it IS illegal. A sheriff weas convicted in Texas during the early 1980s for doing this. Also, if it is legal, why don't police ' waterboard ' prisons or suspects?
What was the cruelest torture ever in the medieval ages?
Quote from the Related Link: "A cheap and effective way to torture someone was with the use of rats. There were many variants, but the most common was to force a rat through a victim's body (usually the intestines) as a way to escape. This was done as follows:
The victim was completely restrained and tied to the ground or any horizontal surface. A rat was then placed on his stomach covered by a metallic container. As the container was gradually heated, the rat began to look for a way out - through the victim's body.
Digging a hole usually took a few hours of agonizing pain for the victim. This almost invariantly resulted in death."
Because they are narcissists and that type of behavior is in their nature. You need to educate yourself about narcissism. The Mayo Clinic website is a good place to begin. Dragging someone else down makes them feel like they have power.
What were some of the tortures in the 1500s?
The boot, The rack, The Press, Thumbscrews, Skeffington's irons
Torture methods during the cambodian civil war?
Obtain the book titled: "Children of Cambodia's Killing Field. Memoirs By Survivors." By Dith Pran. Yale University Press.
