Institutionalized torture corrupts every institution it touches
Evidence
One of the worst aspects of the admission of torture as an instrument is the wide train of corruption that inevitably follows in its wake. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 612
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Army hierarchy institutionalized cover-up of torture and abuses; Torture is counterproductive even for intelligence gathering — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 52; Truth serum torture destroys victims’ capacity to distinguish true from false (+6 more)
Related
- Army hierarchy institutionalized cover-up of torture and abuses (similarity 0.89)
- Brutalizing war and fear of losing drove army torture institutionalization (similarity 0.86)
- Torture persisted because it revealed truth and displayed power (similarity 0.81)
- Torture became institutionalized in the French army during the Battle of Algiers (similarity 0.81)
- Torture proved a boomerang weapon that undermined the power using it (similarity 0.80)
- The army came to see prisoners only as sources of intelligence (similarity 0.80)
- Torture succeeding in the short term proves a double-edged long-term weapon (similarity 0.80)
- Torture in Algeria left a lingering poison in the French system (similarity 0.80)
- A senior French official recommended institutionalizing torture methods as unexceptional (similarity 0.79)
- Torture is counterproductive even for intelligence gathering (similarity 0.79)
- Suppressing conscience in soldiers led directly to military torture (similarity 0.79)
- Post-1959 torture in Algeria became a private, unsanctioned practice. (similarity 0.79)
- Torture was the chief factor in France’s defeat. (similarity 0.79)
- Torture more than any single factor caused France’s Algerian defeat (similarity 0.79)
- Torture’s ambiguous truth makes it a potent propaganda weapon for both sides (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Torture became institutionalized in the French army during the Battle of Algiers
#exemplifies(0.80) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 592 - Subtler punishment masked sovereign power rather than making it more humane
#expands(0.55) - Suppressing conscience in soldiers led directly to military torture
#expands(0.50) - Torture succeeding in the short term proves a double-edged long-term weapon
#complicates(0.45) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 609 - Torture is counterproductive even for intelligence gathering
#qualifies(0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 52 - Truth serum torture destroys victims’ capacity to distinguish true from false
#expands(0.35) - Physical conditions and scientific torture can destroy human will-power
#expands(0.30) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1080