HappySqurriel on 25 April 2009
I agree that it is wrong for the government to break its own laws, and it is wrong to torture people but the main reason why waterboarding is "Inappropriate" rather than "Wrong" is because I don't think that it is torture ... but I do believe it is in a dangerous grey area.
What I was refering to as far as leeway is in creating discomfort in order to be able to alieviate that discomfort in exchange for co-operation. If you only allow a prisoner to sleep 4 to 6 hours a night it is certainly uncomfortable, but it is not particularly damaging (I did it throughout school because I worked and went to school full time, and the choice was sleep or study), and the same can be said about other methods employed like playing repetitive music.
