@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > It doesn't take 9 or 10 minutes in most cases for people > > > > > to give in. Usually a matter of how long you can hold > > > > > your breath under water. > > > > > > > > No, apparently it triggers a violent, uncontrollable > > > > gag reflex. Even if the person being tortured knows > > > > he isn't really going to be drowned, the body doesn't, > > > > and it reacts so powerfully that it overwhelms the > > > > mental processes. > > > > > > > > > > So everyone gives in? Seems to me that in THAT case, > > > then it's futile to attempt to train American soldiers > > > to resist torture techniques if "everyone" gives in. > > > > Where did you get "everyone" from my post or > > MDixon's? > > > > The important thing, no matter how well it works, > > is that it doesn't guarantee accurate information. > > It wasn't designed for that; it was designed to > > elicit false confessions. > > > > Once you can breathe again, you could still give > > false information. > > > > Also, it amounts to a mock execution, which is > > forbidden by international law. > > > > Regardless, MDixon appears to think its durned close to 100% effective, which means that > the only torture technique worth doing is waterboarding.
>From what I've heard, they 'tailor' their method according to the personality of the prisoner. Only the most hard core bad guys would get the water-boarding. Other techniques are still used, which are not so extreme; But nonetheless, are used to 'stress' someone enough, So you get the information, you are assigned to get. The thing is all of this sets a weird precedent for the US; In that a lot of discussion of torture goes against our constitution; And which was written at a time, when Europe was quite famous for it's torture and terror techniques, like crucifixion and the guillotine. So, we've just digressed slightly under the Bush administration; We look at the Islamicist's as being medieval, as we have become medieval ourselves, along the way... R.G. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
