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Originally Posted by right-track
I didn't know what waterboarding was until this thread. I'm not familiar with the term.
I googled it.
At the risk of being off-topic...and we can take this to the Corporal Punishment thread if you'd prefer, but I'm intrigued to know how half drowning another human being against his free will is ok...I'm aware that it doesn't leave any physical marks...but how does that make it ok?
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It's a matter of does the ends justify the means. I personally have no problem with anything that does not have any permanent effects and if the information gathered because of it saves one life.
It's not as if it's done to innocent people, it's a technique used get information from suspected terrorists primarily. There are mixed reports that suggest it works and that it does not. I know having experienced it, I'd find it difficult to believe I was not going to die the next time they did it and would be very likely to give up any information I had to make it stop.
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