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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 05/22/2009 : 12:10:24
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Well, it seems we have a new convert to the "waterboarding is torture" veiwpoint. And it only took six seconds. Conservative radio hosts gets waterboarded, and lasts six seconds before saying its torture
Chicago radio host Erich "Mancow" Muller decided he'd get himself waterboarded to prove the technique wasn't torture.
It didn't turn out that way. "Mancow," in fact, lasted just six or seven seconds before crying foul. Apparently, the experience went pretty badly -- "Witnesses said Muller thrashed on the table, and even instantly threw the toy cow he was holding as his emergency tool to signify when he wanted the experiment to stop," according to NBC Chicago.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 05/22/2009 : 13:45:57 [Permalink]
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One down, a dozen more to go.
I vote Cheney next. Who knows what he may confess to during the "enhanced interrogation".
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Simon
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USA
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Posted - 05/22/2009 : 14:14:30 [Permalink]
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Not a chance. Cheney knows it's torture. He also knows it's useless as a form of interrogation.
That's the whole reason why he likes it so much! |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2009 : 15:34:42 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
One down, a dozen more to go.
I vote Cheney next. Who knows what he may confess to during the "enhanced interrogation".
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If it's Cheney, use the Pinochet version which is Coca-Cola instead of water.
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2009 : 20:54:06 [Permalink]
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Hannity the Mannatee will never do it. He also knows it is torture, but he makes money blathering on as he does. So if he ever had to admit its torture he would lose credibility with his audience.
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2009 : 21:09:05 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Simon
Not a chance. Cheney knows it's torture. He also knows it's useless as a form of interrogation.
That's the whole reason why he likes it so much!
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Its actual purpose is to get someone to say what they want him to say. Extracting secrets or useful information has little or nothing to do with it. |
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R.Wreck
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USA
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Posted - 05/24/2009 : 07:11:01 [Permalink]
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| Mancow used to have a morning zoo radio show in Chicago. He was an idiot then (black helicopters etc.) and is most likely still an idiot. Nice to see him get the crap scared out of him though. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 05/24/2009 : 08:18:42 [Permalink]
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That was so cool. On one hand, there are the lying bastards like Hannity who know full well waterboarding is torture when it's described to them -- and are aware of their own cowardice. Then there is Mancow, a delusional idiot who apparently thought terrorists were some kind of water-hating cats, who would yowl on the first sensation of wetness -- and had no idea that he was himself a wimp (or simply normal).
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 05/25/2009 : 17:52:02 [Permalink]
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| Simon speaks wisely. The reason the bastards love it is because they can get the victim to say what they want to hear in order to justify another illegal act, and then use the 'confession' as the reason. A pox on the lot of them. |
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I hadn't oughta of did this, man!
