Not sure what Pat Robertson has to do with anything, but either you don't know the meanings of the words and topics being discussed, or you do, and are refusing to accept when you have been proven wrong.
OK, so I had another cup of coffee and am I little less cranky. There has been a miscommunication here (my fault). It’s not the act itself I am referring to, it’s the context in which it has been applied.
Here is an example: Police have a man in custody who they believe has kidnapped a child, past experience with this man has also led them to believe that the child is currently in grave danger. If the police beat the information out of him, in order to save a life, are they torturing him? I don’t believe they are. Even in the definition you posted, inflicting pain to save lives isn’t listed as torture.
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