Talk:List of methods of torture

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This list of psychological torture methods needs to be revamped. Although all of the things on the list are unpleasant, I doubt that many of them would qualify as psychological torture (blackmail and music torture, for example).-- T a b u n 1 0 1 5  05:19, 7 June 2007 (UTC) "Psychological torture" which relies on physical means to achieve its objectives certainly belong in the latter and not the former category. Ohconfucius 05:56, 17 August 2007 (UTC) Why is a Taser claimed to be a torture device? kaiti-sicle 23:17, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * It is classified as a torture device by many civil rights groups AND the United Nations (The U.N. has declared: "TASER electronic stun guns are a form of torture that can kill.") —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.198.241.63 (talk) 19:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)


 * So according to the UN, and these human rights groups, the cops should shoot people with bullets instead of tasers? LOL!!! Sorry if I have a difficult time taking what they say seriously.

If a peer-reviewed study, that includes 1) a quantifiable definition of torture ("something that causes pain" is ridiculous), and 2) a truthful and complete comparative analysis of torture going on throughout the world - not just the headlines against Western countries, then I will give some credence to that. Data from political organizations is not scientific research, and therefore not scholarly. Webjedi (talk) 17:05, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Blackmail can be psychological torture, for example secret police may tell someone held in custody that if the person doesn't perform an oral sex act, then the secret police will beat, torture or murder the person. That emotional blackmail though so maybe change blackmail to emotional blackmail. HardeeHar (talk) 02:10, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

List of torture methods and devices
I have some pictures that may be useful in articles listed in that page. Unfortunately some of them are known under different names, and I would not know where I can place them. I also don't want to upload duplicates of already existing images. I leave a list here, please contact me on my it.wiki talk if any of these pics is missing here or on Commons. Thank you. --Elitre (talk) 16:15, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Propose the addition of the Gibbet
While it was sometimes used after death to display a body, it was also sometimes used as a form of torture until death was accomplished. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timber1592 (talk • contribs) 07:49, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Proposed edit
"In a special version there were spikes on the head rest and the executioner pushed his head against it."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it be more efficient if he pushed the victims head against it?

A list! Are you serious?
This wiki page is ridiculous. There endless ways torture a person, are you seriously going to list them all? It's ridiculous.

Here's one: forcing someone to balance books on their head, the second they drop them they get a beating. Or how about they have to walk backwards all the time, whenever they don't they get beaten.

Endless ways to torture. This page is ridiculous. HardeeHar (talk) 23:34, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Most of these are fictional?
Most of the source articles of these torture methods say that they are fiction or had never been used in the time period(medieval Europe) that quake historians say that they were used. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.45.24.139 (talk) 18:22, 24 September 2018 (UTC)