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by mtippett | August 7, 2008 at 08:59 pm
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This is an interesting story and not what you'd expect.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man with a black hood pours water on the face of a prisoner in an orange jumpsuit strapped to a table: no, it's not Guantanamo Bay naval base, but New York's Coney Island amusement park.
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at 21:17 on August 7th, 2008
Australia's Attorney General today announced that Australia would sign the optional protocol on the Convention Against Torture. McClelland also announced that water-boarding IS torture.
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2008/s2328247.htm
at 22:17 on August 7th, 2008
How sly of you, Mike. Robots! not real men! a ride? Not very amusing for an amusement park. unless it's in the House of Horrors, where you might expect something like this. I hope there is an age limit on this 'ride'.
at 00:24 on August 8th, 2008
mtippett, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Well, In the Middle age torture, executions and others where there for the Public amusement and maybe even for public control! It looks like we are getting back to it!
Some what regressive Human evolution...
at 05:59 on August 8th, 2008
mtippett, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Maybe someone should invite Bush, Cheney to
at 08:00 on August 8th, 2008
If you read the article in its entirety you'll see that the intent is not to amuse but to provoke some thinking on the issue. If anyone is trying to normalize waterboarding it is those who are defending its use. Even the term 'waterboarding' seems benign when contrasted against the reality of the act.
at 10:09 on August 8th, 2008
Our friend Cheney now has a job prospect in January. Congrats!