'I apply the Abraham Lincoln test for moral casuistry: "If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong." Well, then, if waterboarding does not constitute torture, then there is no such thing as torture.' - Christopher Hitchens, "Believe Me, It's Torture"
In the article linked above, Hitchens recounts his experience of being waterboarded. It includes video and is worth reading. Indeed, I would go so far as to call it neccesary reading.
h/t Lippard Blog
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I read the article and it's pretty good. However, you have to wonder about someone who actually has to be waterboarded to consider it torture. It was pretty obvious to me years ago that it's torture after reading a simple description of it. I don't need for my friends to waterboard me to decide it's something my country shouldn't be doing.
Chet Scoville agrees with you.
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