(urth) Torturers?

David Stockhoff dstockhoff at verizon.net
Wed Aug 4 17:08:47 PDT 2010


For the most part, yes. There are exceptions as noted by Gurloes.

Let's say 20% Truth and 80% Penitence. Initially, the ratio may have 
been different.

Dave Lebling wrote:
> It is specifically stated that torture in the Commonwealth is a 
> punishment, not a means of obtaining truth. The Guild performs exactly 
> the tortures ordered, and the torturers are taught to completely 
> ignore anything their victims say. Severian is chided for listening to 
> a victim at one point during his apprenticeship.
>
> Torturers in our time may ostensibly be in search of truth, but the 
> Guild is inflicting judicial punishment.
>
> -- Dave Lebling, aka vizcacha
>
> brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>> A torturer insists upon being told the truth, and has various means to
>> ensure that he is being told the truth.
>>
>> These seem to me to be useful qualifications for a successful monarch.
>>   
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