Assertion: torture | /r/HasProperty | terrible
Facets:
value: as degrading
type: DEGREE
value: as corrupting
type: MANNER
value: peculiarly
type: DEGREE
value: every bit
type: DEGREE
value: so specially
type: DEGREE
value: as the worst details of testimony
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The torture to death of Gul Rahman at the Salt Pit in Afghanistan was every bit as terrible as the worst details of testimony shared with me by surviving family members who had a father or a son tortured to death in Iraq or Afghanistan or Turkey.
text: There is a general problem here, and one of which Wisnewski is often keenly aware himself: the fundamental reasons that torture is so specially horrific are actually surprisingly abstract given the visceral nature of torture itself (examples include not only discussions of autonomy but also of human dignity).
text: Torture is a terrible and monstrous thing, as degrading and morally corrupting to those who practice it as any conceivable human activity including its moral twin, capital punishment.
text: It is salutary to be reminded that torture is horrible; but in a context of war (as opposed to regular policing) most of what we do is pretty horrible and very much of it aims to destroy people.
text: The Persians outvie all other barbarians in the horrid cruelty of their punishments, employing tortures that are peculiarly terrible and long-drawn, namely the 'boats' and sewing men up in raw hides.
text: I don't see any article of the Constitution that would contravene—listen, I think it's very facile for people to say, "Oh, torture is terrible.
text: All torture is horrific, but penetrating injuries like stab wounds and gunshots can be particularly traumatic.
text: Torture is a terrible and monstrous thing, as degrading and morally corrupting to those who practice it as any conceivable human activity including its moral twin, capital punishment.