Christopher Hitchens, one of the strongest supporters of American intervention in Iraq, agrees to undergo “waterboarding” and reports on it. Check out this video, which includes the actual waterboarding:
A very well-done article. That one could change a man’s perspective, to be sure.
Hitchens? Lol! waterboarding suddenly seems rather useful.
[quote]entheogens wrote:
Christopher Hitchens, one of the strongest supporters of American intervention in Iraq, [/quote]
Intervention?
What is this? Tasteless euphemism?
[quote]katzenjammer wrote:
Hitchens? Lol! waterboarding suddenly seems rather useful.[/quote]
I agree.
I am a strong supporter of waterboarding Hitchens.
[quote]lixy wrote:
entheogens wrote:
Christopher Hitchens, one of the strongest supporters of American intervention in Iraq,
Intervention?
What is this? Tasteless euphemism?[/quote]
No. I am totally against the Iraq war, and have been since the beginning. There are any number of words I could have used here…intervention is one. Why?
[quote]nephorm wrote:
katzenjammer wrote:
Hitchens? Lol! waterboarding suddenly seems rather useful.
I agree.
I am a strong supporter of waterboarding Hitchens.[/quote]
Well, I don’t like Hitchens for my own reasons, which may have nothing to do with yours. Why do you dislike Hitchens?
Nonetheless, I thought it was a pretty interesting demonstration of waterboarding, even though, in a real waterboarding the tortured person would not have a “safe” word, etc. etc.
[quote]lixy wrote:
entheogens wrote:
Christopher Hitchens, one of the strongest supporters of American intervention in Iraq,
Intervention?
What is this? Tasteless euphemism?[/quote]
Sort of like “freedom fighters?”
[quote]entheogens wrote:
Well, I don’t like Hitchens for my own reasons, which may have nothing to do with yours. Why do you dislike Hitchens?
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I think he’s intellectually dishonest. god is not Great is the only book, in my adult life, that I have thrown across the room in anger. Not that I have a problem with his atheism… I have a problem with his (perhaps intentional) misreading of virtually every single author he quotes. Plus his attitude sucks.
[quote]nephorm wrote:
entheogens wrote:
Well, I don’t like Hitchens for my own reasons, which may have nothing to do with yours. Why do you dislike Hitchens?
I think he’s intellectually dishonest. god is not Great is the only book, in my adult life, that I have thrown across the room in anger. Not that I have a problem with his atheism… I have a problem with his (perhaps intentional) misreading of virtually every single author he quotes. Plus his attitude sucks.[/quote]
^^^ Couldn’t agree more.
[quote]entheogens wrote:
Christopher Hitchens, one of the strongest supporters of American intervention in Iraq, agrees to undergo “waterboarding” and reports on it. Check out this video, which includes the actual waterboarding:
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The experience was so torturous that after suffering through it he asked to “try it one more time” because he wanted to “improve his time” holding out.
Sounds awful.
What is really funny about all the talk of waterboarding is the fact that the military does not want the enemy knowing what techniques they use because the enemy can train for it.
Therefore it is most likely they abandoned the practice once it became known.
[quote]Moriarty wrote:
entheogens wrote:
Christopher Hitchens, one of the strongest supporters of American intervention in Iraq, agrees to undergo “waterboarding” and reports on it. Check out this video, which includes the actual waterboarding:
The experience was so torturous that after suffering through it he asked to “try it one more time” because he wanted to “improve his time” holding out.
Sounds awful.[/quote]
lol
A journalist on NPR recently submitted himself to Raytheon’s so-called “pain-ray weapon.” Apparently, it’s excruciating.
“It can throw a wave of agony nearly half a mile.”
What is it with journalists! Lol!
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entheogens wrote:
Christopher Hitchens, one of the strongest supporters of American intervention in Iraq, agrees to undergo “waterboarding” and reports on it. Check out this video, which includes the actual waterboarding:
Moriarty wrote:
The experience was so torturous that after suffering through it he asked to “try it one more time” because he wanted to “improve his time” holding out.
Sounds awful.[/quote]
No doubt. I think the fact people are volunteering to undergo it at all speaks volumes here. I mean, no one is volunteering to get his toenails pulled out, or beaten with a baseball bat.
[quote]BostonBarrister wrote:
entheogens wrote:
Christopher Hitchens, one of the strongest supporters of American intervention in Iraq, agrees to undergo “waterboarding” and reports on it. Check out this video, which includes the actual waterboarding:
Moriarty wrote:
The experience was so torturous that after suffering through it he asked to “try it one more time” because he wanted to “improve his time” holding out.
Sounds awful.
No doubt. I think the fact people are volunteering to undergo it at all speaks volumes here. I mean, no one is volunteering to get his toenails pulled out, or beaten with a baseball bat.[/quote]
Precisely.
It’s unfortunate that he couldn’t figure out that it was going to be severely unpleasant by virtue of the fact that is actually an interrogation technique.
Perhaps he was anticipating the dreaded “Comfy Chair”.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
BostonBarrister wrote:
entheogens wrote:
Christopher Hitchens, one of the strongest supporters of American intervention in Iraq, agrees to undergo “waterboarding” and reports on it. Check out this video, which includes the actual waterboarding:
Moriarty wrote:
The experience was so torturous that after suffering through it he asked to “try it one more time” because he wanted to “improve his time” holding out.
Sounds awful.
No doubt. I think the fact people are volunteering to undergo it at all speaks volumes here. I mean, no one is volunteering to get his toenails pulled out, or beaten with a baseball bat.
Precisely.
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While reading the article, I actually wondered how much better I would do then him. Not many other “torture” methods I would be willing to compete against someone in.
[quote]MrRezister wrote:
It’s unfortunate that he couldn’t figure out that it was going to be severely unpleasant by virtue of the fact that is actually an interrogation technique.
Perhaps he was anticipating the dreaded “Comfy Chair”.[/quote]
Or being poked with a soft pillow
[quote]Flop Hat wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
BostonBarrister wrote:
entheogens wrote:
Christopher Hitchens, one of the strongest supporters of American intervention in Iraq, agrees to undergo “waterboarding” and reports on it. Check out this video, which includes the actual waterboarding:
Moriarty wrote:
The experience was so torturous that after suffering through it he asked to “try it one more time” because he wanted to “improve his time” holding out.
Sounds awful.
No doubt. I think the fact people are volunteering to undergo it at all speaks volumes here. I mean, no one is volunteering to get his toenails pulled out, or beaten with a baseball bat.
Precisely.
While reading the article, I actually wondered how much better I would do then him. Not many other “torture” methods I would be willing to compete against someone in.
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I would go for three times just for bragging rights.