Just reading about this pain inflicting machine makes the stomach turn. The potential for abuse is obviously enormously high. Bringing modern technology to create a state of the art torture device is a retrogression of a civilized society as the author concludes:
We use the word "medieval" as shorthand for brutality. The truth is that new technology makes racks look benign.
Imagine using this device to control the kid who recently made waves with the newest cultural touchstone of our pop-cultural lexicon.
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