Reply #8: Another parallel between Henry VIII and W [View All]

[Berry Cool]

Both seem to believe that torture is a valuable tool for obtaining what one wants.

It certainly was to Henry. When Anne was unable to give him a son to succeed him and he wanted to be rid of her, he had to find a way to do it and make it look justified. How? Simple: find men who would confess to committing treason by having sex with her. One of them's her brother? Who might be gay? So what? Those two are so close, everyone will probably believe it anyway (especially because he shows no affection for his shrew of a wife).

How do we get them to confess? Easy. Take 'em to the Tower of London and show 'em what we will do to them if they don't. Then do it. One or several of our techniques and instruments should work to help us obtain signed confessions. Once we have those, her trial is a mere formality. She'll be found guilty and sentenced to death, along with them.

Of course, when I was a kid and learning about all this stuff, I thought it was done because that was the old days in a less enlightened country than I was living in. But now I know better. We've got Gitmo. Henry would've been proud.