Is Waterboarding Torture?

[CREOLEJACK1]

This is not correct i know TRUST ME SSGT USMC!!!!!!!!!!

[newj34]

Waterboarding terrorist illegal... popping a cap in that ass...ok! Um, interesting.

[Titant2]

@smc1377

You do know when you do it wrong the guy can swallow his own tongue right?

[krakendude2]

@Titant2 You do know that swallowing your own tounge is impossible due to it being attached to your mouth, right?

[Titant2]

@krakendude2

I assume 'swallowing your tongue' is used to mean upper airway obstruction caused by either the back of the tongue or the epiglottis falling onto the back of the throat and obstructing your breathing.

This is caused by unconsciousness, which causes relaxation of the muscles that normally hold your airway open.

If it is done wrong you can loose your conciousness and choke. The risk is higher because you are laying slightly tilted.

[krakendude2]

@Titant2 ...I stand corrected.

[peckerwood70]

No it isn't torture, those rag head fucks need a good face washing. After they suck all those camel dicks they should have their mouth washed.

[TheTupacolypse]

I've tried it and done it to willing friends who didn't think it was torture. Guess what? The second the towel was removed they admitted that it actually was torture.

If you're such a tough guy, then post a video of yourself on youtube with you getting waterboarded.

Ignorance is bliss.

[NexIntraInfernus]

Waterboarding is too easy. I have heard of torchure where you take the eyes out of the sockets but they are still connected to the stems, and you make them face eachother. After you got all the info you could then make them go insane and kill them.

[IshmaelSkyes]

@NexIntraInfernus

If waterboarding is too easy, I suggest that you try it.

Coming up with nastier and nastier ways of treating people is not the mark of a strong society - or a particularly intellegent one - and Human Rights are just that - rights - not some drippy idea invented by commie-pinko-hippies that knit yoghurt.

[1macaibeau]

bengalsfan0526 - waterboarding dosn't cause severe pain orsuffering and its not bad for special forces? first off being forced tobreath through watter while being restrained causes in some cases broken bones and severe brusing from violent muscle spasems and is commonaly reported to produce post tramatic stress dissorder so bad people cant even shower. seccond mr active imagination all special opps including sf are just people. its just as horrable for them even if they had to endure sere school

[Arkanix]

Please do not say this is not torture as defined by the UN. you would be severely wrong.

[HotaruZoku]

Who cares what it's defined by, or by whom?

If it takes a committee for people to take a stand, the people aren't really people. They're remote control puppets.

God. Having an opinion of my own only hurt at first. I'm used to it now. Not so bad, really.

[hotrodZack1948]

i wanna try it too, hmm water board competitions? haha

[bengalsfan0526]

Waterboarding might be bad on an every day citizen but it's not that bad for our special forces because they have gone through it. It's an inconvenience, but it's not torture because torture has to cause severe pain and/or suffering.

[Jeronimous84]

@bengalsfan: This can cause so much stress that people will break their own arms or legs in the struglle. Also the lack of oxygen in combination with breathing very fast because of the stressful situation, can cause some serious health issues..

[bengalsfan0526]

The arm and leg breaking is not from the actual waterboarding, that's the people inflicting their own injuries from struggling. The health issues are not long term, nor are they severe problems. Anyone who has served in special forces who has gone through waterboarding as training will usually tell you it's not near as bad as people make it out to be.

[Arkanix]

according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is:

any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him, or a third person, information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed,

[Arkanix]

or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to, lawful sanctions.

[flipperboy]

hwo does the feeling of drowning 183 not count as severe pain?

[djkshroom]

he lifted his head. arent you suppose to hold his head down?

[Gi21FF1n]

@djkshroom They probably also could have killed him on accident if they held this head down, seeing as you can breath or talk..

[gibsondude07]

haha I wanna try that now

[TexFreeRun]

I think this was a good video. But, he is smiling after being waterboarded.. I think Christopher Hitchins is exagerating.

[giraffemuch]

I'm sure that the psychological aspect of it being done by masked strangers is different from your friends doing it. Also this stunt was performed by amateurs.