Nine hour detention in a foreign airport is perhaps a far cry from torture; the implicit threat of a protracted prison sentence is getting a little bit closer t

Nine hour detention in a foreign airport is perhaps a far cry from torture; the implicit threat of a protracted prison sentence is getting a little bit closer though. In America, prison might as well be synonymous with rape, which is generally considered a form of torture in most civilized countries. I'm not trying to invoke the literally worse than Hitler meme, because it isn't, but there was a notable geek activist who committed suicide recently under the threat of such. Certainly quite ominous.