Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons.
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"Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons." — Iain Banks
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Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons. — Iain Banks
About Iain Banks
Iain Banks was a Writer from United Kingdom (1954–2013).
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This quote is attributed to Iain Banks, a Writer from United Kingdom.
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Iain Banks lived from 1954 – 2013.