law&order

so a girl in my class today justified the use of torture if it was going to save lives. 'it's ok to torture 5 people if you're going to save 100 lives,' she said, something like that. torture is a means to an end, not the fucking end. I had to tell her that. Torture will yield desperate results, possibly lies. You may not get what you're looking for by torturing someone, so why do it? And if you do turn to torture, where do you draw the line? Torture 5 people to save 100? 49/100? 99/100? it's all perspective.


she also said if the judicial system was eliminated, for any reason, people would still get along just fine.


I laugh and love school for what it is.