Pain relating to justice, power and torture

It appears to be able to inflict physical pain over another person is to completely destroy them. As described in Scarry's second section that "... the problem with pain is bound up with the problem with power..." (pg. 12) This is a strong statement and hold complete truth. With the control of inflicting physical pain upon an individual is torture, but allows complete power. This interrogation process causes them individual to break down and at this point you have access to anything and everything they know. So with pain, you have them at your mercy for the latter three: justice, power, and torture. If they have done wrong, you can do justice. You hold power over them and if needed, the power to torture included. Once an individual can inflict pain, or even appear to have that power, people fall to there power. It is as if you are flexing your muscles and the one that backs down is now in complete control of the victor. On a lighter note, same goes for a coach for example. The athletes are in the coaches hands. They are at his mercy of power, they may feel tortured through physcial training, but if all was done as planned, the coach did them justice and they are ready to compete. It is a balance that only the one in charge can control. Will they be an evil dictator or will they be a kind and just ruler.