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To: Neeka who wrote (231320)12/12/2007 4:06:22 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 793908
 
They will teach themselves how to withstand it and never break.

Doesn't seem to work that way. Even though you know what is happening, you still feel like you are drowning. It's the mental effect. Most people can't take a minute of it even when they know what's coming, or have done it before.

It's a favorite technique used in our military "escape and evasion" schools because it's not harmful. Even though it breaks everybody down.

I have been saying here for quite some time that the best thing would be if a major Admin figure went on a Late night show and had it done to him publicly. It's very simple. They hold you head down on a tilted board, put a towel over your face, and pour water on it. You are begging for mercy in 30 seconds. It's more about fear than pain.

Try it at your next backyard party. :>)

............ technique that simulates drowning in a controlled environment. It consists of immobilizing an individual on his or her back, with the head inclined downward, and pouring water over the face[1] to force the inhalation of water into the lungs.[2] Waterboarding has been used to obtain information, coerce confessions, punish, and intimidate. In contrast to merely submerging the head, waterboarding elicits the gag reflex,[3] and can make the subject believe death is imminent. Waterboarding's use as a method of torture or means to support interrogation is based on its ability to cause extreme mental distress while possibly creating no lasting physical damage to the subject.

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