05-24-2009, 02:46 PM
It turns out that you are not the only disbeliever in the waterboarding issue:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Manco...-and-Loses.html
"Turns out the stunt wasn't so funny. Witnesses said Muller thrashed on the table, and even instantly threw the toy cow he was holding as his emergency tool to signify when he wanted the experiment to stop. He only lasted 6 or 7 seconds."
And I found he wasn't the first to be 'convinced by torture':
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/feature.../hitchens200808
Interesting to note is that Hitchens had to sign a contract in advance, with the following indemnification clause:
âWater boardingâ is a potentially dangerous activity in which the participant can receive serious and permanent (physical, emotional and psychological) injuries and even death, including injuries and death due to the respiratory and neurological systems of the body.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Manco...-and-Loses.html
"Turns out the stunt wasn't so funny. Witnesses said Muller thrashed on the table, and even instantly threw the toy cow he was holding as his emergency tool to signify when he wanted the experiment to stop. He only lasted 6 or 7 seconds."
And I found he wasn't the first to be 'convinced by torture':
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/feature.../hitchens200808
Interesting to note is that Hitchens had to sign a contract in advance, with the following indemnification clause:
âWater boardingâ is a potentially dangerous activity in which the participant can receive serious and permanent (physical, emotional and psychological) injuries and even death, including injuries and death due to the respiratory and neurological systems of the body.