Conservation Group Condemns Waterboarding As Wasteful »
Posted By ind06 3 months, 2 weeks ago in HumorWASHINGTON - Conservation group National Water Watch, criticized the government's use of waterboarding Monday, calling the practice of immobilizing a detainee and pouring water over his face to simulate drowning "a tragic waste of resources."
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Bluedragon9123 months, 1 week ago
I don't know about dumping nuclear waste on a suspected terrorist. It would be messy and there's no telling what said terrorist would mutate into.
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uncle-dave3 months, 2 weeks ago
Now if they use gray water I don't see a problem, as long as they recycle it.
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cowboygrandpa3 months, 1 week ago
See they are going about it all wrong. You stuff a rag in their mouth and pour whiskey over it. Then you pour cheap whiskey all over them and make them think they are drowning in whiskey.
Then you douse them with cheap stale perfume. Then you send them home to their wives. That is torture my friends. I'm telling you they will confess just to stop the constant nagging. LMAO
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hefaa13 months, 1 week ago
As long as they don't use Blackwater. Blackwater would have shot the victims before the regular torturers could have set-up the board. What fun is that?
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Tcaros3 months, 1 week ago
This is standard Republican tact. Ridicule is used when their is no logical excuse for doing something profoundly evil.
I guess we should ridicule Bush for trotting around the Pope several months ago: Dear father I have sinned. I tortured innocent people. The man in the pointy hat forgave him.
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ind063 months, 1 week ago
Oh, I don't think you "get it" Not at all.
The piece isn't making fun of torture, though a perfunctory read might make you think so. Actually, the piece goes into great detail describing the horrible practices involved in waterboarding then inappropriately criticizes NOT the awful practice itself, as you would expect, but the wasting of water. That would be the joke, and the comment is, of course, that waterboarding is monstrous. Because you see if waterboarding were NOT monstrous then there would be nothing satirical in describing the waste of WATER as of more concern than TORTURE.
Satire is not necessarily funny, not as we Americans see funny. You will not always be busting a gut. But to say this is "making fun of torture" is a complete misread.
Let me know if I can "explain the funny" out of any other jokes for you :)
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