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This is a tangent but it reminded me of Christopher Hitchens when he used to claim that waterboarding is not torture. He then subjected himself to waterboarding
by tomca32 3y ago
This is a tangent but it reminded me of Christopher Hitchens when he used to claim that waterboarding is not torture. He then subjected himself to waterboarding to prove that it's not torture and changed his mind in 5 seconds.
Despite me not agreeing with a lot of what he said I really respected that he was willing to put his belief to the test and then actually changed his mind when he was proven wrong.
- LeFantome 3y agoYou have to respect evidence driven for sure.
- tylersmith 3y agoThe conservative radio host "Mancow" did the same thing. I don't think I've ever heard a story of someone getting waterboarding and still maintaining that it's not torture.
- c0m 3y agoSean Hannity also promised the same in 2009, though is yet to follow through with it. I wonder why. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hannity-offers-to-be-wate_n_190354 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hannity-offers-to-be-wate_n_1...
- lostlogin 3y agoThe US hanged and imprisoned Japanese soldiers who did it to US soldiers from in WW2 according to the wiki. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding#:~:text=Waterboarding%20is%20a%20form%20of,experience%20the%20sensation%20of%20drowning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding#:~:text=Waterb....