Also, "causing permanent physical damage" is often a component of torture, either as a side-effect, or for its psychological value, or from tradition. But "not causing permanent physical damage" doesn't magically make something "not torture", it typically makes it "worse torture".
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Date: 2010-11-05 03:32 pm (UTC)