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These, at least, were fictional characters created by J.K. Rowling, while in the non-fictional real world, Bush and Cheney went on a rampage, causing the deaths and maiming of hundreds of thousands of people overseas, including many women and children, pushing domestic policies that harmed countless U.S. citizens, including many women and children, with Dick Cheney even pushing his own version of the cruciatus curse through his torture program.

Think Progress » Rick Perry to Bush: ‘There is no way to tell how many lives were protected by your fearless pro-life efforts.’ 2010

The first cake clearly shows Harry under the effect of the cruciatus curse.

This Should Even Things Out 2009

Ad haec perpetranda furore rapti ducuntur, cruciatus quosvis tolerant, et mortem, et furore exacerbato audent et ad supplicia plus irritantur, mirum est quantam habeant in tormentis patientiam.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Mulieribus omnibus hoc imprimis in votis est, ut formosae sint, aut si reipsa non sint, videantur tamen esse; et si qua parte natura defuit, artis supetias adjungunt: unde illae faciei unctiones, dolor et cruciatus in arctandis corporibus, &c. 5008.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

(Hemingius) fremitus cordis, ingens animae cruciatus, &c. 6809.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Metus inquam mortis, infamiae cruciatus, sunt ille utrices furiae quae tyrannos exagitant, &c. Multo acerbius sauciant et pungunt, quam crudeles domini servos vinctos fustibus ac tormentis exulcerare possunt.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Semper autem aegrotis miseris cruciatus maximus et dolores perpetui inde flunt.

An account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans, by Edward John Eyre 2004

Equidem ego [254] sic existimo, P. C., omnes cruciatus minores quam facinora illorum esse; sed plerique mortales postrema meminere, et in hominibus impiis sceleris eorum obliti de poena disserunt, si ea paulo severior fuit.

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

Libane, nunc audacia usust nobis inventa et dolis. tantum facinus modo inveni ego, ut nos dicamur duo omnium dignissumi esse, quo cruciatus confluant,

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

Quo pacto defensorum opera uel tota frigeret, uel si prodesse hominibus mallet, in accusationis habitum uerteretur, Ipsi quoque improbi, si eis aliqua rimula uirtutem relictam fas esset aspicere uitiorumque sordes poenarum cruciatibus se deposituros uiderent compensatione adipiscendae probitatis, nec hos cruciatus esse ducerent defensorumque operam repudiarent ac se totos accusatoribus iudicibusque permitterent.

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908