Here's a video of Mancow being waterboarded. IS THIS TORTURE?

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no thats baby sh*t compared to what peaple have done to me and what i have don to them...Show more

What you are forgetting is all of the psychological torture that goes along with waterboarding. The person will probably be naked and tied down to the table. There will absolutely be no countdown. People would be shouting at him, possibly hitting him. They would tell him his family is dead. The list goes on.

What most people don't get is that the debate is not truly about torture, but about a line being crossed. It is a well known fact that most people will do what they are told if it comes from a position of authority, even if it is horrific. A prime example of this is a well known psychological study known as the Milgram Experiment.

What I do not want is to see my country compared to Nazis of WWII,and for America to be known as an evil empire. This waterboarding is a good example of people pushing the line when it comes to torture. No the physical damage is not much of a risk, but the psychological damage will last for years and years, regardless of how "safe" the torture was.

That person will live on, have a family, and propagate the ideal that America is an evil empire. Clearly this is not a case of leading by example.

Just to see what the big deal was, I had friends waterboard me as an experiment. I told them to do it on and off for 1 minute. It was the longest minute of my life. I challenge any nay-sayer to try this experiment at home.

I feel that if you do not believe this is torture, you could be one of the ones holding a bucket in your hand. Do you think you could do it? You may say to yourself that you would never, but you probably would (if ordered)....Show more

While in the military service many of us were trained to deal with situations in the event that we were captured during an operation.

Our training was far more severe than that of water boarding. On the other hand what one may feel is not considered torture may very well be devastating to another.

We must listen to our military hero's like John McCain who have been through such ordeals. He feels that water boarding is a form of torture which is not permitted by the Geneva convention.

If both sides adhere to the rules of engagement in war that is one thing but in the case of fighting terrorism it is obvious that the terrorists could care less about establishing rules much less adhering to them.

My personal feelings in this situation is to use whatever is necessary to bring this entire situation to a peaceful conclusion. This is of course is an impossibility as this area of the world has been in a turmoil since Biblical times. These people are not only using torture but even after they torture our prisoners they end up cutting their heads off or tossing their bodies off of a freeway overpass.

At best we can only come out of this victorious by making the terrorists so weak they are no longer a threat and helping to organize and strengthen the armies of our friendly allies and hope they will retaliate at the first sign of seeing their new freedom threatened....Show more

They didnt do it right, the real way is the person is tied to the table and the table is tilted back so the water goes right up the nose as well as in the mouth, and the blindfold coveres their mouth also.

Yes its torture because its making the person believe they are drowning even if its only for a few moments, thats emotionally destructive as well as dangerous because the person could go under too long and get brain damage....Show more

You know what? If Americans want to waterboard Americans, people all over the world would not care. Go ahead. People have a problem when you invade another country and torture non-Americans. I have a BIG problem with that. If Americans want to torture and kill themselves, I am all for it. Just do not torture other nationals! Keep torture for yourselves!...Show more