I’d rather be waterboarded than put in the general population of a high security prison. It is entirely possible that life at Guantanamo is more bearable than life at San Quentin, and no, that is not a defense of Guantanamo.
But that hardly constitutes support for torture, which I haven’t and don’t.
And yet, it was taken that way. Have you noticed that people who spend a lot of time saying that they’re anti-torture often seem to go out of their way to manufacture allegedly pro-torture enemies? It’s almost as if it’s more about brand differentiation than substance. Fortunately, the sensible anti-torture camp is expanding.
Meanwhile, prison rape remains a serious problem that gets much less attention. I’ve blogged about that on a number of times — here’s one post with links to others.