waterboarding

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:24:29 -0800, rw
wrote:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=448717

Oh, well, as long as some anonymous poster on the internet makes claims,
that's all the information or proof anyone should need...

It's torture. Plain and simple.

Whatever it is, Gracie, it is neither "plain" or "simple"...trust me or
don't...

I am so disgusted with our government.

Like most folks, I'm sure they aren't pleased with a shrill Dale
Evans-wannabe such as yourself, either...

And in your previous whines about "torture," IIRC, you (and others) took
the position that it ("torture") simply didn't work as an effective
information-gathering method. Based on much of the recent hoopla and
your own cited site, waterboarding is a particularly effective method of
obtaining information that causes no actual physical harm...so, were you
(and others) wrong about "torture" being effective or are you wrong
about waterboarding being "torture?"

Naturally, in either case, you'll now publicly and unequivocally state
that you'd not want _any_ method used to gather information that even
_might_ be construed by _anyone_ as "torture" should you or anyone about
whom you care be in danger, right?

I mean, ask 'em nicely who or what their friends are planning to blow
up, and if they aren't feeling up to talking, get 'em a lawyer, some ice
creme, and if they ask politely enough, a "Lil' Jihadist Chemistry Set"
and a loaded weapon...

R