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Jack Bauer is supposed to be the good guy; good guys aren't supposed to use torture, yet he does. I don't know about other shows, did "good guys" use torture ?

• pfortuny 12y ago
  Don't underestimate the power of fiction. Heroes are not necessarily "good." Read some Dashiell Hammett for example.
• tonyarkles 12y ago
  Since we're talking about fiction... In Burn Notice, they routinely stop people from using torture to try to get actionable intel, because "people will say whatever they think you want to hear, just to make it stop"
• rhino369 12y ago
  A lot of cop shows use the sort of light torture that America used. Rough the suspect up and get him to talk.
• glomph 12y ago
  Tony Soprano is the protagonist. He has people killed and kills people. He isn't set up as a villain.