Journalist Mike Guy underwent waterboarding by a trained member of the U.S. military in the site's new Lab Rat feature.
Guy bet that he could endure 15 seconds of the interrogation technique used by the Bush administration on al Qaeda chief Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah.
Watch the results:
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Bavafa jaan
by Ali P. on Sat Nov 21, 2009 09:38 AM PSTI don't know if there is no in-between.
If you are a serial killer or a child killer, and 12 of your peers agree that you don't deserve to live, and you get the chair, you won't find me picketting in front of the prison, on the day of execution.
One could argue, that:" ...Hell, we lose 1000's of good people every year, to freak accidents, and while tragic, life goes on. We may be able to afford to put a few- who all they do is taking lives and causing pain to citizens- to death."
Torture, is another story.
Bavafa jaan
by Ali P. on Sat Nov 21, 2009 09:33 AM PSTI don't know if there is no in-between.
If you are a serial killer or a child killer, and 12 of your peers agree that you don't deserve to live, and you get the chair, you won't find me picketting in front of the prison, on the day of execution.
One could argue, that:" ...Hell, we lose 1000's of good people every year, to freak accidents, and while tragic, life goes on. We may be able to afford to put a few- who all they do is taking lives and causing pain to citizens- to death."
Torture, is another story.
Ali Jan,
by Bavafa on Sat Nov 21, 2009 08:08 AM PSTOne is either pregnant or is not, there is no in between. No DP or torture, period. Although I concede that defining torture can be more subjective. For instance, heavy metal music would be a great torture for me if I am made to listen to it where as some happaily subject themselves to it.
Mehrdad
Any kind of torture is condemned
by Souri on Sat Nov 21, 2009 06:01 AM PSTPresently we are studying "torture" in the program I'm taking now at the college. It is horrible.
The so called "less harmful" one, is the Chinese torture. Which consist of making the prisoner under the pressure of listening to a drop of water which falls every 5 sec, on a hard floor. You would say :that's nothing! Believe me, we tried to do the experience, no one could take it for more than a few minutes!!
Last week there was that documentary at the Canadien News TV, about that Italian military person who came back from Afghanistan and revealed that even Canada (who claim being the only country against ANY kind of torture) is involved in the torture of the Afghan prisoners!!
That was horrible! They showed some short parts of the scenes, where we could see the Afghan prisoners being humiliated by the military persons of all nationalities......It was heartbreaking!
I believe, anything which is done under the NAME and the PURPOSE of torturing someone (even a mental torture from an ordinary person to his/her partner) is to be condemned. This is inhuman.
Death penalty and Waterboarding
by Ali P. on Sat Nov 21, 2009 05:25 AM PSTMost of us do not like the death penalty. However, when it is done to someone who kidnapped, molested and then decapitated a child, and is now going to get the chair, the opposition to it shrinks.
Most of us do not like waterboarding, and find it heinous. But how many of us would be more comfortable (!) with it, if it is done to someone who is part of a group, that goes around and plant bombs in crowded places, killing innocent people. Fifteen seconds of torture- with no permanant physical injury- of one man, would save hundreds of lives, would be the claim of the proponants.
Are we against the practice, anywhere, any time, on anyone, by anyone, or are we willing to make exections, in extreme cases?
Great post
by HollyUSA on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:40 PM PSTand an even better experiment. Thanks for sharing.
So Informative!
by Omid B on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:33 PM PSTIt doesn't matter to me, whether this counts as torture or not. I just know it's inhumane to do this to someone against their will. Great post!
Yours,
Omid
Sorry, I can't watch it,
by Multiple Personality Disorder on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:24 PM PST...but thanks anyway for bringing it to our attention.
I am wondering how long GWB or Cheney could take of it.
by Bavafa on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:04 PM PSTWould be great if some day they try their tolerance, then maybe they would tell the world the real reason for invading Iraq.
Mehrdad