Christopher Hitchens is waterboarded

Post by **faceless** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:52 pm

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I find it incredible that he thought it wasn't torture before!

nekokate · Post by **nekokate** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:40 pm

Good for Hitch. I do have a certain respect for him even though many of his beliefs are contrary to my own.

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:08 am

i'm also surprised he thought it wasn't torture before - but fair play to him for trying it

its crazy because the the americans used to see waterboarding as torture - japanese soldiers who waterboarded american prisoners were put to death by the american military for committing 'unconscionable acts of torture' - but that was before the current regime called the geneva conventions 'quaint' and waterboarding was made all kool and the gang

Post by **faceless** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:21 am

how long did he last though? When I was in the Congo back in '59 a lot more was expected!

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:48 am

Given how he described himself (a 59-year-old chain smoker) I don't think he expected to last long. But I suspect that's the point. As soon as you need to breath, you start to drown.

There used to be a British (so-called) "reality" show where contestants competed to see who had what it takes to be in the SAS. I recall some episodes testing the contestants with stress positions, sleep deprivation and interrogation, but nothing that touched on water-boarding.

Do you have military experience faceless? Including withstanding torture? Remind me to never get on your bad side.

Post by **faceless** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:03 am

haha no, I was just kidding - I'm not that old...

I've thrown abuse at soldiers for being trained muppets and had abuse thrown at me by them for being a fucking hippy - but that's as close as I've been.

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:12 am

major.tom wrote:Given how he described himself (a 59-year-old chain smoker) I don't think he expected to last long.

in related article he says he smokes 15000 cigarettes a year - thats 40 a day! thats quite some habit ( mind you i probably smoke about 20 )

major.tom wrote:Do you have military experience faceless? Including withstanding torture? Remind me to never get on your bad side.

faceless needed military experience to survive the streets of glasgow

torture?! have you tried a deep fried marsbar?!

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:19 am

luke wrote:in related article he says he smokes 15000 cigarettes a year - thats 40 a day! thats quite some habit ( mind you i probably smoke about 20 )

I believe that's how it put it in this article, so I paraphrased. 40 per day amounts to two packs -- a pretty heavy habit. I'm probably not far behind you at 12-15. (Until I kick myself into quitting, that is.)

luke wrote:torture?! have you tried a deep fried marsbar?!

I hear it's good but wouldn't try it for fear of my heart exploding.

ItzMeRon · Post by **ItzMeRon** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:57 am

I didnt know the code word for stopping torture was Red.

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:15 am

ItzMeRon wrote:I didnt know the code word for stopping torture was Red.

That's just what they *want* you to believe...

I'm surprised how little water it took. I expected them to pour a big pail over his face, but it didn't seem like any water even made it past the towel into the bucket.