I don't think anyone on HN has argued that, but many people in the general public still insist that "enhanced interrogation" like what's done in Guantanamo is not actually torture. Or at least they used to, until Obama finally admitted people have been tortured; though some still insist it isn't torture.
My question was more hypothetical. That seems like the very definition of torture.
Those people know it is really torture, they are just able to handwave it away because the people it is happening to believe in a slightly different god than they do.
My question was more hypothetical. That seems like the very definition of torture.