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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
UT said the cop was entrapped.
And I agree, the analogy is a bit tortured (get it?) when it equates torture with running a stop sign. More- with running a stop sign that isn't clearly marked. There's not much that is more clearly illegal than torture. I don't think the torturers should be exonerated. At the very least, they should have to plea bargain by testifying about their superiors.
I do have some grudging sympathy for the actual torturers, though. The classic Stanford Prison and Milgram experiments show how otherwise ethical people can be influenced into doing awful things when an authority gives them permission. That excuse, however, thins out the higher you get to the top.
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I don't see where he said that, but no big deal.
And yea, there is evidence that otherwise good and ethical people will resort to the worst kind of human behavior under certain circumstances. Like Lord of the Flies. Everyone isn't influenced though. Some people are strong enough to withstand mob rule or hive mentality.