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Opusnone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:47 PM Original message |
Water boarding? Has anyone ever seen the process? |
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Gothmog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. I remember the episode |
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Opusnone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Is it like something you might see in Jackass 2? |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. More like Syriana |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Not covered, though, would be ripping out fingernails |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. That is covered just under a diffrent part of the paragraph. |
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Amy6627 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have not seen it. But Randi Rhodes was describing it yesterday like this |
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verse18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. The technique used in the 4400 episode was a little different. |
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FormerDem06 (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. The Wikipedia definition... |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. bush wants to make this ok? |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. ah, yes |
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Amy6627 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Does that mean that the torturers where a suite while they are doing it? |
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NOLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think all Repukes who say it isn't torture should be subjected to it |
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Opusnone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Should be no problem |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. AMEN!!!! That goes for any Congress memebers who vote for it. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. ...it should start at the top... |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. I've heard it described thusly: |
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StrictlyRockers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I know I have seen this dramatized in a movie one time. Can't remember |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. They don't actually submerge you... |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. I saw that episode! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. Dramatized? Yes, in a movie with Geena Davis and Samuel Jackson |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I remember that scene. The movie was "Long Kiss Goodnight" |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thanks |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yes, he does. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. . |
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Opusnone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. The "Hollywoodization" of torture is most of the problem |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I think TORTURE itself is most of the problem |
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Opusnone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. C'mon, Geraldo, show us waterboarding! |
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Tactical Progressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. I think that was water-wheeling |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. No. "Water-wheeling" = moving water from one area to another. |
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OregonDem (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. Remember there is no organ failure so its not torture. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. here's a little about the who decided it was ok and the process |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Which directly violates US law. |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I doubt it's "dripping" water into a wet cloth over a suspect's face |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. Would marriage be an accepted form of torture? |
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AIJ Alom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. Stop calling it water boarding. Call it what it is: "simulated drowning" |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. Remember the Avengers episode where Emma Peel is strapped |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
37. We are discussing techniques for torture. Says something. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
38. Waterboarding makes torture sound like a recreational water sport |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. I read it can be traced back to the Italian Inquisition. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. It's something that can only be seen as harsh torture |
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