Thread: "Absolutely torture."

Originally Posted by sleepingdog

sure. i'll do it right now;

argument #1; US style of waterboarding is not torture.

legal consensus; clear violation of geneva conventions, classified as torture. case is pending, and arguments will be heard.

I don't care about "consensus". It is not proof. The "consensus" used to be that the world is flat. The "consensus" in the world presently is that ghosts are real. Does that settle the issue?

Originally Posted by sleepingdog

your argument for it not being torture is something like this;
there's no physical damage, spectrums dont hurt or whatever etc.

You receive an F on that report.

Originally Posted by sleepingdog

torture, as the rest of the world understands it, is like this;
i make you hurt so you talk.

That is what the law says to witnesses in court. Tasering: "Stop resisting arrest, or hurt like Hell."