defining "torture"

some people's views on what constitues "torture" is pretty mind-boggling! Really kinda makes ya disgusted with the entire human race (or at least the repugs)....

from This Modern World:

That explains a lot
You know how a lot of right-wingers keep telling us that the torture allegations are no big deal, just the work of a few bad apples, etc.? How their narrative needle seems to have gotten stuck on "One Wacky Night at Abu Ghraib" and keeps going around and around on a single verse?
Well, the question for me in such cases is always simple: are they stupid, or lying?
The answer here appears to be stupid. Very, very stupid.

Go to the link - absolutely insane!