Re: Waterboarding IS torture

Posted by maxmccauley on 01-06-2008 in Waterboarding - Torture?

I have never experienced waterboarding myself so I turn to someone very experienced in the subject--John McCain. The torture has been performed on him before and he is adamantly against it. From his description it fits every requirement of being labeled cruel and unusual punishment. It should be illegal.

In response to: Waterboarding IS torture

For awhile now, the Bush Administration is trying to legalize torture. They're starting out by getting people to say that waterboarding is not torture. Now, if you go look at the history of waterboarding, you can see that it has been used by just about every tyrant, including Hitler. If you actually do your research, you will come to the conclusion that waterboarding is torture. Not physical torture, but psychological. People can die from it if it is overused, because they suffocate. It creates the sensation of drowning, and it terrifies the person it's being used on to the point where they actually think they're dying. It has been shown to possibly cause long-term mental health problems, too. What I find really disturbing about this is that it's actually being debated. How can this kind of stuff be debated on national television, and not seem suspicious? All of a sudden it's "okay" to torture people, because they are SUSPECTED terrorists? This country is heading towards fascism.