Assertion: torture | /r/HasProperty | necessary evil
Facets:
value: in
type: LOCATION
value: really
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Torture is a necessary evil.
text: For if torture really was a necessary evil in what Mr. Cheney calls the "tough, mean, dirty, nasty business" of "keeping the country safe," then it follows that its abolition at the hands of the Obama administration will put the country once more at risk.