Bud
2009-05-20 15:14:49
Burnng at the stake is torture. Disembowelment is torture. The Rack is torture. The Iron Maiden is torture. Drawing and Quartering is torture.
Waterboarding is not in that league.
Psychological damage is a nebulous concept. Signs of its “existence” are bereft of hard evidence. They depend on the detection of second-order effects. Allowing this to creep into the definition of torture is the source of the controversy.
IT allows people like Ob and Holder to tap dance their way around the base question- did it do any permanent damage, and was it worth it?
