Incidentally, I've tried to read G.E.M. (Elizabeth) Anscomb's short masterpiece, "Intention," several times without success. She was exploring these very things, the choice, the act "in itself," the act "under the description of" this or that, the intent as distinguished from motivation and as distinguished from expected consequence, as distinguished from "end", etc. etc. Analytical philosophy. I had a hard time making heads or tails of it. I am a great admirer of Anscombe, but I find the U.S. Army Field Manual more practical for moral guidance here.
I think we have ranged far afield of my initial objection.
I don't think anyone on this thread will actually go out and throw any miscreants into a wood chipper.
I don't think the use of hyperbole in this thread is demonic or bestial. Jesus, Himself, could use imagery that could be rather gruesome, as well. He tells us that if our right eye offends, to pluck it out, if our hand offends, to cut it off. He suggests throwing folks into the sea with millstones around their necks. I don't know whether you've experienced drowning. I have. It isn't very fun. If it were intentionally inflicted on me, I might regard that as “torture.”
Clearly, He is engaging in hyperbole, and it isn't demonic or bestial, even though it isn't much of a stretch, by your standards, to judge that He is suggesting torture.
You may wish to consider resetting your rhetorical rheostat to be a little less sensitive to the things folks say when they're hot under the collar, especially when justly so.
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