Well, the torture and prisoner part here is not really to make Adrian do what he wants. Adrian is already doing that.
But he knows that it is only a facade on Adrian's part. The intent is to keep him off-balance with the goal of breaking him.
Just like someone bowing to a bully. The person isn't doing it willingly, even if no gun is used to force them. Bullying has the same effect as using a gun in the mind of the person being bullied. The person is still resistant on the inside and that is the point where Adrian is now and the Admiral knows it.
Keeping him prisoner is because he is considered a traitor. He is a prisoner. If he were not useful, he would either be executed or on a prison planet.
The torture is a psychological game, a technique that is in common use in their universe, just like the retraining and punishment cells ideas of Blakes 7.
This is also why I've always considered Blake a weak leader. He needed to use bullying and lies to get Avon to follow him. That's not the mark of a good or strong leader. It's only the mark of a bully and tyrant.
I would avoid joining the military if they use torture as a standard method of punishment. It only make people do and say what you want (they'll confess to anything for example), and if they break his spirit, they won't exactly left with the creative and brilliant mind they value him for.
Yes, which always made me wonder about Federation society because it seemed like that was common and accepted practice there. Of course, if that is all they know and everyone accepts it, they wouldn't have the same reaction that we would.
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on 2009-11-21 09:43 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2009-11-21 11:25 pm (UTC)But he knows that it is only a facade on Adrian's part. The intent is to keep him off-balance with the goal of breaking him.
Just like someone bowing to a bully. The person isn't doing it willingly, even if no gun is used to force them. Bullying has the same effect as using a gun in the mind of the person being bullied. The person is still resistant on the inside and that is the point where Adrian is now and the Admiral knows it.
Keeping him prisoner is because he is considered a traitor. He is a prisoner. If he were not useful, he would either be executed or on a prison planet.
The torture is a psychological game, a technique that is in common use in their universe, just like the retraining and punishment cells ideas of Blakes 7.
This is also why I've always considered Blake a weak leader. He needed to use bullying and lies to get Avon to follow him. That's not the mark of a good or strong leader. It's only the mark of a bully and tyrant.
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on 2009-11-22 01:09 am (UTC)no subject
on 2009-11-22 01:19 am (UTC)