Is waterboarding a new american-invented sport in the Olympics ?
Waterboarding someone for information is like raping someone for sex. You only think you got what you wanted. I certainly hope you weren’t posting this question to be funny. Waterboarding is a form of toture which simulates drowning. It may be used by captors who wish to impose anguish without leaving marks on their victims as evidence. The current practice of waterboarding involves tying the victim to a board with the head lower than the feet so that he or she is unable to move. A piece of cloth is held tightly over the face, and water is poured onto the cloth. Breathing is extremely difficult and the victim will be in fear of imminent death by asphyxiation. However, it is relatively difficult to aspirate a large amount of water since the lungs are higher than the mouth, and the victim is unlikely [but quite possible] actually to die if this is done by skilled practitioners. This is the whole point of so-called protections like the US constitution… So you can torture if the guy is a
