SR_
Junior Member
Some people apparently need some waterboarding to convince them what is torture and what is interrogation.
And this calling it enhanced interrogation sounds like it is straight from Roves lips.
This isnt a political issue, and only fools turn it into one. Some people need to be convinced what the true definition of torture is. Ive already demonstrated that some of you actually believe we executed Japanese officers solely for waterboarding (and it wasnt even the same method we use), at the same time you also compare actual torture, as in actions that left physical scars, were actually physically damaging, extremely painful and where death had occurred. You use the same term to describe both... the methods we use which do not cause any physical harm and certainly with no threat of death, and the methods that do cause physical harm and in some cases death both mean the same thing to you. This is unfortunate.
This isnt to say that it cant be an offense to the sensitivities of some of you, clearly for some of you if the food tastes bad then its "torture", you fling around the terms as long as they justify your political argument. Its sad.
At the same time when you prosecute people by redefining words and losing perspective you do hold the threat over the people currently trying to do their jobs, and it inhibits them. "Is the food warm enough?", "Is the cell temperature just right?", "Should we use handcuffs?"... "I dont want to go to jail because someone at any moment can redefine what my intentions are and prosecute me."
This is a bad road to go down for nothing but political goals. National Security is bad place for politicians to be leading with hunts in order to get votes.
SR