International law describes torture as : any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions.
So I have a solution for any politician who says waterboarding is not torture. Why don’t we waterboard you? If it doesn’t inflict any severe pain or permanent damage, why not? I’d love to see someone–anyone, answer this question.
Waterboarding doesn’t scare me. I’m married.
(That was a joke! Don’t tell my wife!)
I know a number of people are against waterboarding. What sickens me is the ones who were told about it and signed off on it but are not against it (Nancy Pelosi.)
Another Joke: The devil appears in a church one Sunday morning, and all the members of the congregation flee in fear, except for one elderly man.
The devil asks the man why isn’t he afraid of him since he can torment him and do horrible evil to him. The man replies, “I’ve been married to your sister for 60 years. Nothing scares me now.”