I am appalled at your insinuation, but even more appalled at all the replies that take your premise at face value. No. No, there is no such scenario. You can c

I am appalled at your insinuation, but even more appalled at all the replies that take your premise at face value. No. No, there is no such scenario. You can coerce the information out of someone who has the knowledge in other ways, if that is the problem, even though that problem never actually surfaces outside of bad TV show plots. Torture is wrong. It does not work. It often, in fact, does the opposite of work. It debases our humanity, our civility, and society. It makes the world a worse place in so many ways, I find it sad that otherwise intelligent people are even pondering this. No. Torture is not morally, legally, or ethically acceptable.