Does the handling of the “coronavirus” amount to torture? Sound a silly question? May be, may be not – what constitutes torture? What affect can it have on people? Time to take a closer look. At this point I would like to credit “Amazing Polly” for her investigative work into this issue – segments of which I have incorporated within this article (video link attached).
Psychological torture or mental torture is a type of torture that relies primarily on psychological effects, and only secondarily on any physical harm inflicted.
Manipulation
Sage Minutes obtained via a Court Order outlined the manipulation of public behaviour to achieve compliance of Government imposed lockdown restrictions:-
Amnesty International – Report on Torture
It is the transition from the sub-acute to the chronic stress response that the torturer seeks to orchestrate, initially by systematically weakening the subject. This forms part of the classic pattern of manipulation described by the post-Korean War research of Biderman.
Biderman was instrumental in debunking the myth that the Chinese had used mysterious or magical means to “brainwash” the Allied Prisoners of War.
Biderman classified manipulative techniques according to a scheme known as DDD (Dependency, Debility and Dread).
Induced Dependency, Debility and Dread are the 3 major principles involved in the successful application of coercive techniques for psychological torture.
Debility
For centuries torturers have employed various methods of inducing physical weaknesses. The presumption is that lowering the subject’s physiological resistance this will lower their psychological capacity for resistance.
A coercive technique is to manipulate the subject’s environment to disrupt patterns. This will be done to disorient the subject thereby destroying their capacity to resist.
Dependency
The victim becomes helplessly dependent upon the “torturer” for the satisfaction of all basic needs.
Dread (Intense Fear and Anxiety)
Sustained long enough a strong fear of anything vague or unknown induces regression.
Analysis
By comparing our situation to the study of torture & coercion on Prisoners of War, I believe it becomes clear that what we are being put through with the virus response has close parallels to the Amnesty International definition of torture & Bidermans ‘Chart of Coercion.’
Do you agree?
https://archive.org/details/is-this-torture
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/204000/ac
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