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Since interrogators appear the only free agents in the case that might be though right.
由于審問者看起來是酷刑里唯一有自由的一方這種忽視可能也沒有錯
Yet the agency of the interrogated should not be neglected, every one should read accounts by survivors.
然而被審問者還是不應該被忽視所有人都應該讀一讀那些酷刑的
One such account is by philosopher Jean Améry. Born in Vienna as Hunts Mayer,
幸存者的描述哲學家Jean Améry就是一例他出生在維也納
Marie was captured working for the resistance and tortured by Nazis for information he did not have.
由于為秘密抵抗組織工作被捕遭到納粹的酷刑逼問他并不知道的信息
Emerging from the holocaust as John Marie, he wrote of his ordeal of the struggle and the invention of the inquisition.
從這場浩劫中幸存的他寫下了自己所遭受的酷刑
If you've seen the recent film 'Goya's Ghosts' this torpedo is portrayed in that film.
以及各種審訊你們可能看過一部叫做《戈雅之魂》的電影里面就描述了
In this torture, your hands are tied behind your back and you are hoisted by them with a rope on a pulley.
這種酷刑在這種酷刑里你的雙手被反捆在背后被繩子吊在
This dislocated your shoulders causing excruciating pain.
滑輪上這會讓你的肩膀脫臼造成極大的痛苦
Torture is from the Latin word 'torqueri' which means to twist.
酷刑這個詞的英文來自拉丁語愿意為扭曲
Marie quips, 'what visual instruction in etymology he was horse whipped in that position.
Améry譏諷道這個詞源給了他們視覺引導他這樣被吊著挨馬鞭抽打
Yet his focus is not physical pain but the psychological impact,
但是他關注的不是生理上的痛苦而是心理上的影響
specifically what he calls one's basic trust in the world.
具體說來也就是一個人對世界的基本信任感
Marchievelli, who's been mentioned by an earlier speaker.
之前有一位發言者提到的Marchievelli
not the most trusting man was also a survivor of this torpedo as a young man,
那個不信任別人的人
that may have something to do with his outlook.
也是這場浩劫的幸存者他的觀點就是受了這種酷刑的影響
A more abstract and analytical essay also an exception to the neglect of the tortured is Henry Shuitz 1978 essay on torture.
Henry Shuitz在1978年寫了一篇關于酷刑的論文也注意到了研究者對于酷刑的忽視
That was the year that Marie died.
Améry也正是在這一年離世
Both Marie and Shiutz spotlight the relationship between tortured and torture.
Améry和Shiutz都讓公眾開始注意酷刑者和受刑者之間的關系
