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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:54 AM Original message |
Anyone who says waterboarding is not torture should prove it by being waterboarded |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Calling Sean Hannity!!! |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I heard about that - I'm sure Hitchen can hook Sean up with his waterboarding contacts |
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Hellataz (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Olberman offered him $1000 per second he could withstand water boarding |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It still wouldn't be the same because the water boarders would not be angry nor see the person as an |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Depends. They could enlist my services. |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ah, that's bad logic and makes no sense |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The point is simple - people like Sean Hannity have no idea what the hell they are saying |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I completely agree |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. He said he'd do it for charity....for money he'd hurt himself. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The correct formulation is murder is not fatal. Submitting to it to prove |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. What he said |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Isn't the central premise that waterboarding is torture and |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's not the same if you don't think they might actually kill you |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I should have read your post first. But GMTA. nt |
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mscuedawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. All you have to ask yourself is... |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. keep waterboarding them until they admit that it's torture. If they can last 188 times, they win |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That is ingenious. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. The US prosecuted waterboarding as a war crime, AND WON. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. If they won't put up or shut up, perhaps we should make them wear chicken suits |
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MikeNearMcChord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. Here is an excellent point by the diarist Joesig at the Daily Kos |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Hitchens had the SERE waterboarding and even he admits it's torture |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
17. does using a netipot count? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Should be - I tried the netipot - EPIC FAIL |
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cwcwmack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. So in total... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Unknown. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Ummmm.. yes, it can last 30 minutes. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. It still isn't the same because they know the people doing it won't kill them. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Christopher Hitchens did it and he came out of it realizing it's torture |
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