Reply #8: These are the same people who argue that you have to spank

[JDPriestly]

your kids to make them behave and then wonder why the kids smoke dope or drink too much.

The Scarborough crowd only understands physical and emotional and verbal violence. That is how they live. And yes, I do live in a world without physical and emotional and verbal violence. That's probably why I have been happily (pretty happily) married to the same wonderful man for so many, many years. And Scarborough? Judging from the way he sarcastically dismisses Mika constantly, I would be surprised if he has any really loving relationships. (Although he may think he does, I seriously doubt that he knows how to have one for very long.)

Torture is wrong. And it does not make people cooperative. It does not make them want to let you in on their secret thoughts. You have to create a trusting relationship. You reward people for participating in that relationship.

Also, it is absurd to argue that a person who is holding another person prisoner has nothing to offer them to obtain information. How about better food? How about companionship? How about respect? How about an earlier go home card? There are so many things that can give an interrogator leverage.