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A man captured and hid a child in a container with limited oxygen. Is it permissible to torture him into revealing where he hid the child?

Yes
63.1%
No
36.9%

563 votesFinal results

6:26 PM · Feb 1, 2017

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The fundamental problem is how can you tell if he is telling you the truth? (And in the real world, how can you be *sure* you

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you have the right person?)

Dr. Poop Muscles, PhD

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the intelligence better be a fuck of a lot better than those WMDs

Ol’ Squirty Bastard

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only if he confessed would I even consider it

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if I knew for a fact he had the kid somewhere, absolutely. If I'm just torturing him to get info, without evidence, then no.