An innocent citizen of the Federation has been subjected to what effectively should be considered years of torture, which has left him emotionally unstable and suicidal. What is an appropriate approach to deal with those who perpetrated this?
Is this a theoretical question unrelated to Hard Time? I don't agree that this is necessarily an accurate description of what happened to Miles. It resembles it, but it's couched in more emotional terms to make it seem like there can only be one response.
Man, I wish Worf and Shaxs could have met...![]()
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I think telecommuting is here to stay, as is a resurgence in single income families (neither is a bad thing, really).
I'd say you could argue that particular point in either direction. His body itself was never starved, he never even skipped a single meal.The virtual prison they put him in would regularly starve him for several days. I'd say it qualifies as torture.
I'd say you could argue that particular point in either direction. His body itself was never starved, he never even skipped a single meal.
Absolutely, if your mind believes a sensation it could be as real as the act actually happening. But further complicating it with Miles is that it all took place within a few hours, so in some ways it's more like a ridiculously vivid dream. Would thinking you are starving in a dream be considered torturous?
Just remember it took Mancow six seconds to freak out about waterboarding, and he was awake and lucid.I don't know about you, but I've had plenty of dreams that seemed to go for an eternity while I was actually in them.
But my point is the perception versus the reality. His body was never in danger. Rather than starvation, what about a vivid dream where you get cut or stabbed over and over? No matter how real it seems, when you awake was there any torture? I'm not saying there definitely wasn't, I'm saying an argument could be made either way.
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