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To: tejek who wrote (389787)	6/8/2008 10:53:28 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574953

>>> Someone has to die before you will consider an act to be torture??? We've gone over this before. Waterboarding is not, IMO torture. The interrogated individual is not injured, and normally is subjected to only a few seconds of the technique. It is not painful, and there is no lasting injury. Some have claimed that there are lasting emotional effects, but there is no proof this is true. There is no consensus view on whether it is or isn't. In my view, if it is, it is barely torture, and thus, in the few extreme circumstances in which it has been applied, it was warranted. The CIA says that waterboarding has saved American lives. That really is good enough for me. I would have no opposition to more severe torture and infliction of severe pain for terrorists if it means even one American life MIGHT be saved by it. And would gladly apply the treatment myself if given the opportunity.