Are you in favor of waterboarding detainees suspected of terrorism?

[0rganism]

In light of the recent poll showing a significant portion of DUers in favor of electrocuting vocal dissenters I think it's time to do a human rights inventory.

ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_boarding

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Only republican terrorists....

x(

[T Wolf]

12. Redundant, you are. nt

[ourbluenation]

30. Yoduh is a DU'r! Who knew!!! n/t

[whoneedstickets]

2. What happened to the Waterboarding Fox News Reporters option?

?

[0rganism]

6. Yeah, right, like they'd have any reliable intelligence to divulge...

:eyes: Let's not waste the valuable (and expensive!) time of our "contractors" on a dry well.

[madokie]

26. in that vein waterboarding is a dry well

[Beerboy]

3. Not just no, but Hell No!

It only creates more terrorists. Anyone surrendering to U.S. Forces goes into it knowing they'll be tortured, and more than likely unceremoniously shot and dumped.
Waterboarding is bullshit.

[Basileus Basileon]

4. Waterboarding isn't painful or embarrassing enough. I want them drawn and quartered. nt

(I voted no. This is a silly poll, IMO. I think any "yes" votes are, much with the Code Pink/taser one, opposing a stupid poll)

[0rganism]

20. because you think a poll question is "silly", you'd vote the opposite?

Seems to me, that's a pretty silly approach. All these polls are optional, you don't have to answer the ones you think are "silly." (Since we can only do one question at a time, a "prefer not to answer" option is kind of redundant.) When you misrepresent yourself to pollsters of any sort, push polls and thinly disguised marketing ploys included, you're not helping anyone, not even yourself. Any amusement derived therefrom tends to be dwarfed by the consequences.

If you were choosing between Bush and Kerry in 2004, that might seem like a "silly" question too, but I bet you didn't vote for Bush!

[quinnox]

5. Only if they are Code Pinkers

[0rganism]

7. So far, the detained terror suspects are doing thrice as well as the Code Pinkers

Of course, the survey is still young, perhaps too young to be statistically significant. I certainly hope so, anyway.

[Beerboy]

15. Aren't they just supposed to be tasered and stuff? n/t.

[Lerkfish]

16. you're FOR waterboarding, and you call other people "haters"?

:shrug:

[BuyingThyme]

8. I'd like to say fuck you to a few of the respondents.

But I think that's against the rules, so I'll just say thank you for participating.

:hi:

[Bobbieo]

9. You'll only get out of them what the torturer wants to hear anyway

whether it is the truth or not.

[chaska]

10. Waterboard the waterboarders.

[Lerkfish]

11. not just no, but HELL NO!!!!

never.ever.

[rjones2818]

13. Part of the problem is

the 'suspected of terrorism' point (not that I'd want waterboarding to be used, period). Just as Iraq was suspected of having WMDs and it turned out they didn't, what happens when you waterboard an innocent person?

[Lerkfish]

19. technically, since you're trying to get info, EVERYONE you waterboard is innocent

when you waterboard them. In other words, its not a PUNISHMENT, its an INTERROGATION method, so every prisoner who is waterboarded is not known to be guilty of anything when they are waterboarded.

now, they might confess to something they did or didn't do in order to stop the torture, but at the point it is decided to waterboard them, they obviously have no evidence at all or they wouldn't need to torture.

The whole idea of torture is to force a confession through pain. guilt or innocence is really irrelevant.

[rjones2818]

21. Torture of the innocent.

Bad idea. Very bad idea!

[bob4460]

14. Waterboard the waterboarders

[Warren Stupidity]

17. This poll is a honeypot.

Too bad we can't figure out who's stuck in the honey.

[IDemo]

27. That would be a good addition to DU 3.0

No more anonymous polls or recommends.

[baby_mouse]

28. Trolls and silly "under cover" people

Providing there are any "under cover"s left. I haven't heard about any for a LONG time.

[Bitwit1234]

18. I'm in favor of waterboarding...OF

bush and cheney and KARL ROVE.

[Hippo_Tron]

22. Well, Jack Bauer does it all the time

And Jack Bauer is never wrong.

[mmonk]

23. I will always oppose fascism and barbarism no matter

how popular it can be with a backward and brutal people.

[L. Coyote]

24. NO, but I'm biased from too many waterboardings!

[baby_mouse]

25. No.

[SammyWinstonJack]

29. Ah, that would be a NO!

[Lilith Velkor]

31. Are you fucking kidding me?

[Swamp Rat]

32. Only people who voted "yes" in this poll should be waterboarded

to death.

:)