Can you think of someone you'd enjoy seeing tortured, or not care if they were?
I've hated some people that much, to THINK I'd enjoy seeing them tortured, but in reality if I were to witness it actually happening, I don't think I could stand it.
Those who can witness such a thing either with pleasure or just with indifference, are very hard to understand.
It is possible that I could tolerate quite well, possibly even enjoy, the torture of someone who had committed torture himself I suppose, but even then I think I'd prefer instantaneous capital punishment. I have nothing against a firing squad myself though. Or hanging. Not into the niceties of avoiding the psychological pain of anticipation.
ABE: Perhaps the example of feelings about cruelty suggests that the real topic here is justice, that all morality is about justice ultimately, and that justice is always flawed.
This message has been edited by Faith, 03-05-2006 02:39 PM