Torture and the Slippery Slope

Desperation (e.g., fear of terrorism) can tempt people onto deadly paths.


Roper: I’d cut down every law in England to do that!

Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? ...d’you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then?
Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons