You are wrong again. There is everything wrong with this kind of thinking, morally speaking. But first, you need to have morals, and a moral compass. Saying there's nothing wrong about it demonstrates you have neither.
So when it comes to it absorbing spices/flavours, which I agree it absolutely needs, freezing it does something weird to the texture, it even looks different, like a sponge, and it really absorbs a marinade right through.
There is nothing to be gained by violence in this context. Even as I gently turn the handle of my mincer to grind the peanuts I've roasted, gently gently does it, indeed, even some back turns ease the process.