Is Using A Minotaur To Gore Detainees A Form Of Torture?

I found this AWESOME clip just now from TheOnion, God I love any parodies of FOXNEW'S but this clip is my all time favorite - Obama Axes Pentagon Plan To Build Billion Dollar Tank In Shape Of Dragon


Anyways I thought it was a good excuse (no pun in tended) to repost some pic's from my "Asterius's last breath" Minotaur sculpture -