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Originally posted by: pjstroh
"permanent damage" need not be attained to constitute torture.
torture
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the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain.
I remember when right wing radio host, Man Cow Muller set out to prove how harmless water boarding was by volunteering to be water boarded. I give him credit for having the balls to subject himself to it.
Man Cow learns about water boarding
Originally posted by: pjstroh
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Originally posted by: jatki99
I understand waterboarding is an unpleasant experience and I watched some videos on youtube that attest to the fact but, still, it's not like pulling fingernails out or burning with lit cigars or anything. There's no permanent damage from it. Now that there forced rectal feeding..........I might have to concede..
"permanent damage" need not be attained to constitute torture.
torture
1.
the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain.
I remember when right wing radio host, Man Cow Muller set out to prove how harmless water boarding was by volunteering to be water boarded. I give him credit for having the balls to subject himself to it.
Man Cow learns about water boarding
I think that may be one of the videos I watched, I know I saw one where some guy voluntereed, lasted about half a second.
I get what the definition of torture is PJ, I'm saying that waterboarding isn't nearly bad enough as some of the tortures invented through history, there's some pretty bad ones, rember the thread about torture a ways back here? I'm saying it's not permanent, it doesn't leave a scar, you walk out the same as you walked in physically.
If the CIA had done anything involving straight razors, lit cigars, or the rack I would have thought twice but I can live with waterboarding if it produced results and I know there's conflicting storys if it did or not. Bottom line, you nor I will ever know if it actually produced any results.
I still think forced rectal feeding sounds worse than waterboarding, UGH
