look it up http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-113C
I have good Google-fu. On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:35 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Never heard of that law, and with it you win :) > > Check mate. > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> literally beside the ear. That is what happened to the guy. Besides this >> would have been a clear violation of 18 USC 113C Section 2340 US >> Anti-Torture Act >> >> (1) "torture" means an act committed by a person acting under the color of >> law specifically intended to >> inflict severe physical or mental pain or su ering (other than pain or su >> ering incidental to lawful >> sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control; >> (2) "severe mental pain or suffering" means the prolonged mental harm >> caused by or resulting from - >> (A) the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical >> pain or su ering; >> (B) the administration or application, or threatened administration or >> application, of mindaltering substances or other procedures calculated to >> disrupt profoundly the senses or the >> personality; >> (C) the threat of imminent death; or >> (D) the threat that another person will imminently be subjected to death, >> severe physical pain or >> suffering, or the administration or application of mind-altering substances >> or other procedures >> calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or personality; >> ---- >> >> So this is a clear violation here. >> >> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:24 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > How far from my ear is my shoulder? >> > >> > Besides the M2 and MK-19 I ran. >> > >> > I have tinnitus and hearing loss rated by the VA. >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] >> > >wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > Not beside your ear. >> > > >> > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:08 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > > >> > > > I assure you I've had more than one weapon fired near me, even at me >> > > > thanks. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Larry C. Lyons < >> [email protected] >> > > > >wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > It damn well is torture. Tell you what time, next time we're >> together >> > > > I'll >> > > > > borrow a 45 and put the muzzle beside your ear and shoot off a >> round. >> > > > When >> > > > > you recover then you can tell me its not torture. >> > > > > >> > > > > Frankly is about as much not torture as waterboarding. >> > > > > >> > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:18 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > He got beat because he went for a weapon. Popping off a round >> near >> > > him >> > > > > > isn't torture. Cops in the US have done similar things, and >> > actually >> > > > > have >> > > > > > much more leeway when dealing with prisoners than we do. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Making him think something isn't illegal. The cops use it al the >> > > time >> > > > > and >> > > > > > it's been found that lying and threatening are protected. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Judah McAuley < >> > [email protected] >> > > > >> > > > > > wrote: >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > It means that guy got detained, beaten, threatened and was made >> > to >> > > > > > believe >> > > > > > > that he was about to die. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > That's Tim's version of "nothing" and I sure as hell won't >> stand >> > > for >> > > > > it. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Great way to protect our troops, torturing the guys that are >> > > supposed >> > > > > to >> > > > > > be >> > > > > > > our allies. Hearts and minds, my friends. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Judah >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358665 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
