I am amazed at how barbaric we are and how many people condone / justify/ or enjoy it We'd still have lynch mobs and witchburnings if some of these people are not kept in check.
This is how dictatorships behave. Fear is how they justify it.
2006-09-15 16:08:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Corygryph, I am in agreement about the letter of the defination. It still seems unnecessary and violent.
2006-09-15 16:16:52 · update #1
Of course it's a torture. Who's to say how long any person can be put under water before it causes them physical harm or death??
Is there some standard time for all people..??
Torture is torture....I'm amazed that Americans are even debating these...we are truly becoming a morally bankrupt society...
2006-09-15 16:39:23 · answer #1 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fight fire with fire.
Hugs and kisses won't stop the terrorists and nations like China, NK and Iran from challenging our supremacy. I am going to assume you are a US citizen. The benefits you enjoy and the good life you lead are a result of US supremacy. Supremacy achieved through war and other horrible acts. The real world you are sheltered from is all about darwinism, thank a soldier, a veteran, and a CIA interrogator for that.
Grow up hippy, not everyone is nice, which means we can't afford to be either. We can't just lay down our guns and hope that we will be safe. That is stupid. We can't afford to cut funding to the military who have provided us with the security blanket to go to sleep and know everything will be there in the morning. It has been costly to be on the top, but I'd gladly pay taxes toward US Military instead of a Chinese one.
2006-09-15 23:16:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, as much as I oppose torture, the simulated drowning does not fit the international definition:
"(a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; and ... (c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;"
Waterboarding crosses the line into torture when the person is left underwater long enough to cause physical damage to the lungs, or oxygen deprivation to the brain. Short of that, as long as no permanent harm is done, the technique does not rise to the level of true torture.
2006-09-15 23:12:20 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When America is doing it
2006-09-15 23:17:36 · answer #4 · answered by Josh S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder what they WERE up to in those secret CIA prisons....
All I can say is....
Welcome to the new world order.
2006-09-15 23:11:13 · answer #5 · answered by tui 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Falling from a skyscraper...now there is torture.
2006-09-15 23:15:50 · answer #6 · answered by Ma R 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Since getting a hummer was not considered having sex.
2006-09-15 23:18:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋