The Crucifixion. would THAT qualify as torture?

[mopaul]

or simply rough treatment? and being forced to drag a huge wooden cross through town...torture? what about a good ol' stoning? nothin' wrong with stoning is there? it's biblical even.

[Hello_Kitty]

1. Nah, it was fraternity pranks. Just ask Rush. n/t

[Midnight Rambler]

2. It's torture as a component of execution

Gratuitous infliction of pain... definitely torture.

[BurtWorm]

3. No, on account of the govt. rendered Jesus to the Romans.

So technically, it wasn't really torture because the government didn't do it.

[JuniperLea]

8. Give unto Caesar and alla that...

While Pilot washes his hands like Chimpy McNutjob and his cronies.

[mondo joe]

12. No, the Jews rendered Jesus to the Romans who WERE the government.

Or so the story goes.

[tocqueville]

4. only a stressful position

no big deal

[Double T]

5. biblical torture????? Then it MUST BE justifiable

[Straight Shooter]

6. Nope. It was for a "noble cause."

Also, to the Romans, Jesus represented "the enemy."

[El Supremo]

7. It is punishment, cruel and unusual punishment.

Torture is pain inflicted to gain information. The Romans didn't need any information from Jesus.

[Larkspur]

9. Not by Cheney's standard but by the Romans it was the worse sentence

or at least one of the most painful sentences a convict could receive.

[mondo joe]

10. NeoCons play WWJD but their real role models are the Romans.

It's one of the most ironic things - they love to talk Jesus, but it's the Roman Empire they emulate in thought and in deed.

[ktlyon]

11. yes, he died

the only measure