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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 10:05 AM
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Waterboarding...Rape..No physical harm so must be okay to do...
Always wondered why there were laws against Rape, no physical harm so it must be an okay thing for our Law enforcement people to do to a suspect...
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 10:08 AM
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1. The morons pimping the supposed "results" obtained from waterboarding
need to substitute the phrase "chopping fingers off" for waterboarding in order for it to get through their fat, dense heads that torture is torture is torture. Just like the lottery, every once in awhile you'll get the answer you want, but usually the machine says "Sorry."
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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 10:12 AM
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2. Except their entire Defense is that no Physical Harm occurs
That is why I substituted Rape. Chopping off fingers causes Physical Harm....They are stuck on the idea that Waterboarding isn't really torture so I suggest to them that Rape isn't really a crime since No Physical Harm was done...Key wording being Physical in both instances..
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 10:13 AM
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3. Rape is an act of violence
Of course there is physical harm and there should be laws against it. Same with waterboarding.
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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 10:16 AM
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5. We know that but does 45% of the American people?
We need them to really think about what they are saying and suggesting...If throwing a person against a wall thirty times causes no physical harm and is not considered torture or at the least cruel and unusual punishment then how can anyone say Rape does?
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 10:14 AM
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4. Are you volunteering to be a victim of it to prove it?
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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 10:18 AM
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6. I volunteer Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh
I am sure they would have no problem volunteering to do such a trivial thing..
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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 10:20 AM
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7. I guess what I am trying to say but somehow got lost in the translation is waterboarding
IS a form of Rape...
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madmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 10:29 AM
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8. I understood perfectly what you meant, the first time. You are right, how could
rape be a crime if "it's only rough sex" and they will have it willingly eventually. Good comparison IMO.
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cherish44 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 10:54 AM
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9. I disagree with the notion that rape doesn't cause physcial harm
In fact I'm sure it's probably very painful
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 10:55 AM
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10. As is water boarding
I think one of the worst ways to die is to drown. Simulating drowning must be pretty fucking awful.
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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 10:56 AM
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11. Do you think being forced to ingest large volumes of water is not?
Waterboarding is a form of Rape....Intead of something being forced into a vagina it is forced into a throat and nose..
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