No you don't get to decide what can be termed torture or not. A day or two ago you said it's "debatable" whether or not torture happened at Guantanamo Bay ( ht

No you don't get to decide what can be termed torture or not. A day or two ago you said it's "debatable" whether or not torture happened at Guantanamo Bay ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6007152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6007152 ). Me? I think strangling and pulling someone on a leash while the individual is naked is torture: http://i.imgur.com/egrawlu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/egrawlu.jpg That said, solitary confinement over long periods of time is definitely torture. There's a stronger psychological component to this form of torture, and it often causes irreparable psychological damage as has been the case for several individuals who were subject to solitary confinement.