Yup. And to be forced to watch your comrade being tortured is itself torture. I'm reminded of a quote from the Austrian-born philosopher and Holocaust survivor, Jean Améry (né Hans Maier) who committed suicide in 1978: "Anyone who has been tortured remains tortured… anyone who has suffered torture never again will be able to be at ease in the world." (At the Mind's Limits)
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Date: 2007-04-24 06:28 pm (UTC)"Anyone who has been tortured remains tortured… anyone who has suffered torture never again will be able to be at ease in the world." (At the Mind's Limits)