Torture and You!

[Bongopete]

Ok, I have some mixed feelings about torture, like I prefer to not have it done to me. I also think that while it is nice to try and take a morally superior position of "we won't torture", I often wonder about how useful that is when the 'opposite' side couldn't care less.

So, I have come up with this question and scenario for one and all;

Your (select please) wife, husband, son, daughter, etc has been kidnapped and held for ransom with the threat of death on your relation by a certain hour. You have caught the perp and he tells you that your relation is buried and has so many hours of air left or some such thing.
Would you resort to torture to try and get the info you need to rescue your relation or would you keep trying to talk the person into giving the info?

Me personally? I admit that I would do whatever was needed if it was my wife or child that was in danger. If I am willing to do this, where does my 'moral superiority' go?

How many mothers do you think would not put the screws to a pedophile who has their missing child?

[Zeev]

still a nasty job but, eh.. someones got to do it..

and sometimes, I would.

[Hollis]

Problem with hypothetical situations are the externalities---- The unknowns. Also in situations there is the rational and emotional feelings. Rationally I would do one thing, emotionally something else.. Maybe.

Setting at home is one thing, in the blood, the guts and the beer is another thing.

Do a search of this topic, it has been discussed before and all it brings out is bunch of flame baiting.