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Why is it so hard for people to admit that waterboarding is torture?
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The US legal definition of torture is that
"“torture” means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control"
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00002340----000-.html
The debate in waterboarding therefore regards whether the *intent* to commit torture was present. As opposed to the intent to collect information that would allow the safeguarding of the American public.
I make no comment on whether or not waterboarding, in any method of practice, *should* be considered torture. I just point out that, legally speaking, waterboarding as practiced by the US does not necessarily constitute torture.
Hence the debate.
"“torture” means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control"
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00002340----000-.html
The debate in waterboarding therefore regards whether the *intent* to commit torture was present. As opposed to the intent to collect information that would allow the safeguarding of the American public.
I make no comment on whether or not waterboarding, in any method of practice, *should* be considered torture. I just point out that, legally speaking, waterboarding as practiced by the US does not necessarily constitute torture.
Hence the debate.
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