Q: Mr. former Attorney General, would you be willing to be waterboarded:
A: "The things that I can survive, if it were necessary to do them to me, I would do"
Q: Indeed. Can you think of a less awkward way to phrase that?
A: Hmm.
Q: Friedrich Nietzsche famously claimed "That which does not kill us makes us stronger. "
A: Ah.
Q: Then again, he went insane.
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Waterboarding. This is the topic for debate in our modern world. We go on and on about progress in civilization, yet we're talking about torture. Here are three recent views on the subject: This Modern World, The Onion, and Doonesbury. It's the torture satire trifecta.
I am in utter awe of the brilliant reframing of 'waterboarding' by the Kenosha Kid:
Waterboarding = Partial Drowning Interrogation
Fucking brilliant.
Someone was willing to try waterboarding on himself — he was in complete control, but he still found it a terrifying experience.
What's the big deal about putting a few bad guys into "stressful" positions (assuming you know for sure they really are bad guys)? You call that torture?