but, i dont know, you guys are probably right. HLA is responsible for every bad thing that ever happened to you, your relatives, and even your goldfish. (i have my own theories on Their involvement in the September 11th terrorist attacks as well as the Oklahoma City bombing, but i dont want to be...*shudder*...NEXT). so please dont bother to take responsibility for the choices that you have made in your lives. blame it on Them.
by the way, i've been brainwashed by HLA to say ALL of that. so you can argue with me, but They will program me with the perfect counter-argument.
The staff of HLA couldnt program someone to reason their way out of a cardboard box. Of all the many, many lap dogs and puppets who have been sent from HLA to disrupt this forum, not a one of them has ever brought a rationale argument to the table. Not ever.
You appear to be no different in your approach. It is you who can not accept that the majority of kids who walked out of that gulag (graduated or not) were never helped, and in many cases (my own included) actually came out far worse than when they came in.
To answer your question however I will tell you some of the things we experienced that can be considered torture:
Sleep Deprivation
Food rationing
Forced out the elements for hours on end in extreme weather with no protection.
Physical abuse, i.e "takedowns". Just because you call a thing by another name doesnt change what it is.
Being made to remain in the same position for hours on end.
Being screamed at or maniuplated into confessing crimes.
Beinfg forced to confess crimes of others under threats of duress.
Constantly threatened with more severe punishments for refusing to comply.
Being constantly belittled or attacked and have it called therapy.
The answer to your other question is, all the time.