Would you support the waterboarding of bush & cheney to extract information?

[Philosoraptor]

No, I don't support waterboarding, it's torture.

Or, Yes, strap them fuckers down and turn on the h2o.

[RT Atlanta]

1. strap 'em down....

n/t

[Joe Fields]

2. Well, there are two schools of thought on this...

One is correct, but the other would be very tempting.

[Phentex]

3. How do you torture a man with no brain

no feelings? no emotions?

[sharp_stick]

4. To extract information...

nah but for kicks I'd have it performed repeatedly.

[Bertha Venation]

5. Of course not. n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. Hey, if they're for waterboarding, why would I want to keep them from enjoying their

own enjoyment of it?

[mondo joe]

7. Certainly not. NT

[madokie]

8. I'm not sadistic so no I wouldn't

torture does not give actionable information.

[Bucky]

23. Plus, whenever you say "torture" around Cheney, he sprouts his megaboner

He's practically torture-proof that way.

[Downtown Hound]

9. What information are we talking about here?

The way I see it, there's enough to hang him on without torture. He doesn't even have to say anything.

But to answer your question, unless the information was very vital, like safety of the world at stake vital, then no, I wouldn't support it.

I would however, waterboard him just for fun. LOL, just kidding. Maybe.

[BlooInBloo]

10. Note the difference between supporting YOU doing it vs supporting the STATE doing it...

But in this case I wouldn't support either.

There's still a difference, though, even if my judgments happen to coincide.

[atreides1]

11. No, I don't support waterboarding, it's torture.

Not only no, HELL NO!!!

[Why Syzygy]

12. Absolutely not. Torture is wrong (AND worthless) no matter the motive. nt

[SidneyCarton]

13. No.

If it's wrong, it's wrong. Torture brooks no nuance, if we have retaken our nation only to adopt the methods of the enemy then we are as worthy of derision as they are, and are truly equally complicit in the death of democracy.

[DJ13]

14. You hold 'em down, I'll get the hose

[hlthe2b]

15. to extract information... or

just for fun? :evilgrin:











Ok, Ok, just kidding... (I think)

[Stinky The Clown]

16. Payback's a bitch .......

[KansDem]

17. Maybe "one more time?"

Strap them down and pour water down their throats screaming all the while, "DID YOU DO 9/11? DID YOU DO 9/11?" When they finally say "yes" (and they will), hold that up as "proof" Bush and Cheney were behind 9/11. When the freepers and neo-cons go apeshit and declare the confessions invalid because Bush and Cheney were "tortured," remind them it wasn't torture but "enhanced interrogation." The right-wingers will throw their hands up and finally admit defeat before the cool, steadfast logic of progressives, and both sides of the argument will agree that waterboarding is and always has been, indeed, "torture."

And I would use dirty toilet water...

[mmonk]

18. My soul is not as dark as theirs and leaders that supported their decisions.

[chucktaylor]

19. No n/t

[Richard D]

20. not for information . . .

. . . just for fun.

[Mari333]

21. no. n/t

[Bucky]

22. Pfff, like you're gonna get any useful intel out of monkeyboy

And Cheney? Shit, he'd consider it a form of foreplay. If you're looking to torture for actionable intelligence, I suggest walking up behind Doug Feith and saying "Freeze, punk, we're taking you the Hague!"

He'd flip faster than a pancake on a hopping rabbit.

[wtmusic]

24. Interesting to see the responses of those who believe torture is OK

if THEY do it.

Bzzzt. Back to Ethics 101.

[dkofos]

25. It would be OK to waterbaord them because they don't think it's torture.

[Crunchy Frog]

26. Yes. They don't believe it's torture anyway.

They'd probably enjoy it. :shrug:

[stuntcat]

27. only if it was in public, like nationally televised

and done by mad old ladies.

[guardian]

28. sure...but

You can't get information from someone who is brain dead :-)