A personal frame of reference trivialized the physical limits of torture

Evidence

In a handwritten note on a memo regarding interrogation methods at Guantánamo, Rumsfeld, who worked at a standing desk, called for increasing the intensity of the already harsh practices: “I stand for 8–10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to 4 hours?” (Jehl, 2004). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2402

Categorization

• CANDY: Rumsfeld’s mundane rationalization — comparing his own voluntary standing to imposed interrogation-standing — is an absurd, shiver-inducing nugget.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2402