rvg, some couple of years later?

[Montmorency]

There is no argument to be made, all that's needed is a description of reality.

You argue from duration. What of iterations?

At least we're closer to a working definition of torture, which was my main point.

moral posturing,

Sorry, but I perceive that you do this all the time.

equivocation

Taking polysemousness into account, anything distasteful could be dismissed as equivocation. Why should we accept your narrow definition? That's what I'd like you to argue. There are no mere "descriptions of reality" when each uses a different measuring stick, or the measuring stick has not even been produced.

Argue for your measuring stick.