Washington Times: Impeach Obama

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

Do you know what the definition of torture is? The definition of torture is:: the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure)

You mention the primary definition while conveniently ignoring secondary definitions one of which is "Extreme anguish of body or mind."

Water boarding only simulates drowning, it installs fear but the person is not in real danger.Pleasant? no Effective? yes torture? no

It instills fear because the subject doesn't know that he's not going to drown. In times of extreme stress the mind loses control and the subject has no real awareness of anything but extreme anguish.

Also have to look at how waterboarding is done by the US.They strap them to a board, put a hood over their head and pour water on them.I endured worse hazing in during pledge week,

And were you at any point convinced you were indeed going to die? Student's have died during hazing, which is why certain practices are no longer allowed. If such treatment is acceptable then why are police forbidden to use the practice of holding a suspect's head underwater until he loses his breath, thus instilling the fear of drowning.

Yes, it is indeed torture.

give me a break.

My argument isn't really with what you believe, in spirit. My argument is with your constant attitude that you know everything. As I've said before, if you know everything you have no room left to learn anything. I'm only trying to make you understand that you could be wrong.

Nazi's used waterboarding but in a much more dangerous form...

Which is relavent how? Somebody else did something worse, so that makes it okay?

The US method is waterboarding light and as said, I endured worse during pledge week in my freshman year, so lets stop whining for scumbag terrorists shall we?

And there's that attitude again, and that word again. I'm not whining for anyone, but if you're no better than them then what's the point?