"torture - any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession,"
http://www.irct.org/what-is-torture/...g-torture.aspx
Bruce has also done more than hold people off rooftops. What he does is torture and is just as, if not more, morally repugnant than killing.