And I mention that because many folks that have been through special ops
我提到这点是因为很多人参加过特种部队
will say that I've been ordered bordered and I'm you know it's not really torture.
会说我接到命令你知道,这不是真正的折磨
Um, that's not at the hands of the enemy and it's in very tightly controlled conditions.
他们不是在敌人的手里这是非常严格控制的条件情况
Seneca is helpful here, although he is always eager to um dismiss
塞内加可以给我们提供帮助虽然他一直热切渴望把所有的
all sorts of fears idle and suggests that rehearsal enough
恐惧说成闲置的并且提议,经常演练练习
rehearsal of them will inoculate, he nevertheless concedes that torture, and in particular its visuals.
把这些恐惧演练多了,就会产生免疫能力但是他承认折磨特别是其外部表现
The spectacle, the paraphernalia the violence of the stronger
奇特的景观,全部的设备强者的暴力
are affective methods for engendering dread even in those practised to resist,
都是引起恐惧的有效方式即使他们已经练习抵抗
so says "Picture to yourself " just excuse me for a minute,
所以说不好意思
" picture to yourself under this head the prison, " the cross, the rack, the hook,
想象你自己身处这种境地,监狱十字架,拷问台,吊钩
the stake which they drive straight through a man until it protrudes from his throat."
用尖利的木桩直到穿透喉咙
Much like the quote Martha um read earlier.
和之前玛莎读的引用一样
"Think of human limbs torn apart by chariots " driven in opposite directions,
想想人的四肢被不同方向的马车撕成碎片"
of the terrible shirts smeared and interwoven with flammable materials and
想象衬衫沾满鲜血中间编织的是易燃材料
of all the other contrivances devised by cruelty.
想想所有其他残忍,所能想出的方法
It's not surprising then if our greatest terror is of such a fate
因此,如果我们最大的恐惧是这样的命运那就不足为奇了
for it comes in many shapes and its paraphernalia are terrifying.
因为它有多种形式它的工具设备让人胆战心惊
Other troubles are not less serious they are however secret".
其他的困难没有这么严重但是却是秘密未知的
So the remarks are in part a reminder to fellow countrymen of the cruel contrivances
所以这些话在某种程度上提醒了我们我们同胞的残酷发明和方法
to which Rome and Romans have become accustomed to,
例如,罗马和罗马人已经习惯了的
the sport entertainment of the Coliseum and so on.
竞技场的体育活动,等等