Comments on: Christopher Hitchens Finds Out That Waterboarding Is Torture http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/christopher-hitchens-finds-out-that-waterboarding-is-torture Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Kathy http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/christopher-hitchens-finds-out-that-waterboarding-is-torture/comment-page-1#comment-39160 Kathy Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:35:15 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4496#comment-39160 Actually, I have a certain amount of newfound respect for him that he did this. He didn't have to. And that he acknowledged it was torture after he experienced it. It sounds completely counterintuitive, but there are people who refuse to concede that point even when (they say) they have been waterboarded themselves. Read Macsmind's post about the Hitchens article. He said he was waterboarded in a military exercise and it was "not fun" but it wasn't torture. And then there are all the right-wingers who continue to support torture by drowning even after reading credible reports by people who have seen it done or experienced it themselves. It's actually got me quite depressed right now. It just makes me feel so sad and so angry at the same time, that anyone could actually condone this kind of thing. Actually, I have a certain amount of newfound respect for him that he did this. He didn’t have to. And that he acknowledged it was torture after he experienced it. It sounds completely counterintuitive, but there are people who refuse to concede that point even when (they say) they have been waterboarded themselves. Read Macsmind’s post about the Hitchens article. He said he was waterboarded in a military exercise and it was “not fun” but it wasn’t torture. And then there are all the right-wingers who continue to support torture by drowning even after reading credible reports by people who have seen it done or experienced it themselves.

It’s actually got me quite depressed right now. It just makes me feel so sad and so angry at the same time, that anyone could actually condone this kind of thing.

]]> By: rawdawgbuffalo http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/christopher-hitchens-finds-out-that-waterboarding-is-torture/comment-page-1#comment-39156 rawdawgbuffalo Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:09:56 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4496#comment-39156 he is slow he is slow

]]> By: tas http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/christopher-hitchens-finds-out-that-waterboarding-is-torture/comment-page-1#comment-39150 tas Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:28:45 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4496#comment-39150 Is there any chance of him being waterboarded a few more times for supporting the Iraq war? Is there any chance of him being waterboarded a few more times for supporting the Iraq war?

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