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By Refusing To Say Waterboarding Is Torture, Justice Nominee Puts the Ball In Congress' Court

[goldesprit]

I''ll clearify:
Waterboard-ing is percieved by the waterboard-ee as being convincing that drowning is approaching for that person.
It is highly unlikely that those doing the waterboarding successfully transmit the idea to the waterboard-ee that he should not worry about drowning. That would be a t cross purposes--and would not be believed even if stated as the "reality" that the waterboard-ee should cling to.

DUH.

[goldesprit]

"Instead of trying to coerce a high-ranking executive branch official into undercutting his own president%u2019s power, the legislators ought to instead look inward, toward Capitol Hill, and simply and expressly prohibit %u201Cwaterboarding%u201D by federal statute. " from the article.

High ranking officials are there not only to rank above those below, but to send feedback upwards. The President can hardly literally listen to every American--he said when running for office that he would listen to intelligent folks and therefore be informed, in order to make good decisions.
This is not undercutting his Presidents power.
The Legislators know this. Tha author of this...piece.. conveniently, does not.
Waterboarding within a context that it may actually happen to the individual, from their point of view, makes it torture. Simple.
Its the context.
If this "high ranking" slob can''t admit something that simple--hes a crook.