# Torturer's Guild justification *The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 12 Apr 2005* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Daniel D Jones *12 Apr 2005, 11:39* There's a passage in the BOTNS where Severian gives a justification for the Torturers Guild. He talks about long term imprisonment being a drain on society, work programs taking jobs from the indigent, etc. Unlike Severian, I forget things and I can't recall which book it's in. A memory jog or pointer to the quote would be greatly appreciated. --- ### Dan'l Danehy-Oakes *12 Apr 2005, 15:36 · in reply to Daniel D Jones* It's in "Sword of the Lictor," when Dorcas is lying ill in the inn at Thrax. I don't recall if it's when he first brings her there or on his next visit. --Dan'l > On Apr 12, 2005 11:37 AM, Daniel D Jones wrote: > There's a passage in the BOTNS where Severian gives a justification for the > Torturers Guild. He talks about long term imprisonment being a drain on > society, work programs taking jobs from the indigent, etc. Unlike Severian, > I forget things and I can't recall which book it's in. A memory jog or > pointer to the quote would be greatly appreciated. > > _______________________________________________ ---