[QUOTE=Funcoot;25944252]Can water boarding really kill you?
I thought it was harmless.[/QUOTE]
Yes, it can kill you.
And even if there was no physical danger it isn't harmless.
[quote=wikipedia]Waterboarding is a form of torture that consists of immobilizing the subject on his/her back with the head inclined downwards; water is then poured over the face into breathing passages, thus triggering the mammalian diving reflex causing the captive to experience the sensations of drowning. In contrast to submerging the head face-forward in water, waterboarding precipitates an almost immediate gag reflex. It can cause extreme pain, dry drowning, damage to lungs, brain damage from oxygen deprivation, other physical injuries including broken bones due to struggling against restraints, lasting psychological damage and, if uninterrupted, death. Adverse physical consequences can manifest themselves months after the event, while psychological effects can last for years.[/quote]
So yeah
[editline]8th November 2010[/editline]
It's worth noting that Obama banned the practice last january.
[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;25944397]Yes, it can kill you.
And even if there was no physical danger it isn't harmless.[/QUOTE]
How can it kill you? They do it for too long?
[QUOTE=skynrdfan2;25885522]itt: people who have never been waterboarded[/QUOTE]
Oh, so you've been waterboarded before?
[QUOTE=Funcoot;25944252]Can water boarding really kill you?
I thought it was harmless.[/QUOTE]
It's more of a psychological torture instead of a deathly one.
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;25945279]It's more of a psychological torture instead of a deathly one.[/QUOTE]
[b]"It can cause extreme pain, dry drowning, damage to lungs, brain damage from oxygen deprivation, other physical injuries including broken bones due to struggling against restraints, lasting psychological damage and, if uninterrupted, death. Adverse physical consequences can manifest themselves months after the event, while psychological effects can last for years."[/b]
[QUOTE=Lambeth;25945382][b]"It can cause extreme pain, dry drowning, damage to lungs, brain damage from oxygen deprivation, other physical injuries including broken bones due to struggling against restraints, lasting psychological damage and, if uninterrupted, death. Adverse physical consequences can manifest themselves months after the event, while psychological effects can last for years."[/b][/QUOTE]
I know it can be deadly but it's more for the psychological terror than just killing them
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;25945409]I know it can be deadly but it's more for the psychological terror than just killing them[/QUOTE]
yeah.. that's the whole point of torture