Police should use waterboarding

[Syzygys]

Since waterboarding is not torture and it is very effective for getting information out of suspects, the police should use it. It would simplify the prosecution, cut the time and make it cheaper.

If it turns out we waterboarded the wrong suspect, well, we can always say sorry... Also they might confess an unreleted crime.

 

[Saven]

Not torture? You're putting someone through physical trauma in order to scare them. It's also dangerous and prone to accidental deaths, so you can't just say "sorry" if the victim dies from you getting water in their lungs.

Get real.

 

[spidergoat]

The advantage is you never get the wrong suspect!

 

[TW Scott]

Small problem. Citizen s of the US, unlike illegal combatants are subject to the US constitution and the right to not incriminate themselves. These rights actually do not exist under the Geneva convention even for proper Prisoners of War. So it is like comparing apples and oranges. Idf we did not have a 5th amendment we would probably still be using heat lamps to get people to talk.

 

[lightgigantic]

School teachers and librarians could use waterboarding too

 

[Bebelina]

Why not start at kindergarten already?

 

[TW Scott]

School teachers and librarians could use waterboarding too

Again even childredn are protected via the 5th amendment, just not from their parents.

 

[lightgigantic]

Again even childredn are protected via the 5th amendment, just not from their parents.

Unless of course, the children are sent to someplace like cuba

 

[Bebelina]

Cuba? I see. And there they also enjoy sockpuppets?

 

[wise acre]

Since waterboarding is not torture and it is very effective for getting information out of suspects, the police should use it. It would simplify the prosecution, cut the time and make it cheaper.

If it turns out we waterboarded the wrong suspect, well, we can always say sorry... Also they might confess an unreleted crime.

I think waterboarding should be used instead of spanking.

Come home too late.

20 seconds on the table.

Talk back during dinner.

30 seconds on the table.

No scars, it is a manly punishment, so no teenager need feel shame like they've been treated as a little kid.

Highly effective.

Employers too should keep this one handy.

Come in late three times: 20 seconds on the table. Make the other employees watch.

It is not torture.

It's just a pain in the ass. Ah, well....nose.

 

[wise acre]

School teachers and librarians could use waterboarding too

Oh, dear me I hope you do not mean on the books. (shudders)

 

[wise acre]

The advantage is you never get the wrong suspect!

That's an oxymoron. If they are suspicious it is their own fault. On the table with them. Next!

 

[S.A.M.]

Small problem. Citizen s of the US, unlike illegal combatants are subject to the US constitution and the right to not incriminate themselves. These rights actually do not exist under the Geneva convention even for proper Prisoners of War. So it is like comparing apples and oranges. Idf we did not have a 5th amendment we would probably still be using heat lamps to get people to talk.

Rubbish. Amendment shmendment.

They can combine the taser with the waterboarding. Neither is torture.

 

[wise acre]

Small problem. Citizen s of the US, unlike illegal combatants are subject to the US constitution and the right to not incriminate themselves.

Of course. You cannot waterboard someone to make them testify in court.
And the person being waterboarded can always remain silent. They can always choose to continue the waterboarding and remain silent.

Originally Posted by TW Scott
These rights actually do not exist under the Geneva convention even for proper Prisoners of War.

From the Geneva convention:

Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated.

Prisoners of war are entitled in all circumstances to respect for their persons and their honour.

Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity.

I agree with you. Waterboarding is humane, respectful, is not at all a form of intimidation and is a far cry from the level of aggression involved in insults or even worse public curiosity.

Waterboarding is a form of communication.

So it is like comparing apples and oranges. Idf we did not have a 5th amendment we would probably still be using heat lamps to get people to talk.

I've always thought the threat of being raped or pummeled in a holding cell was more effective than the heat lamp. Thank God that is no longer possible.

 

[Orleander]

hmmmm, waterboarding would probably work better than grounding, huh? I wonder if there is a how-to video on you tube.

 

[Syzygys]

Most people didn't get the notion that police should use waterboarding not as a punishment but as for gathering information.

Now if you guys want to use it as part of the justice system after the crime was proven, hell, I am not against any good ideas....

 

[madanthonywayne]

Since waterboarding is not torture and it is very effective for getting information out of suspects, the police should use it. It would simplify the prosecution, cut the time and make it cheaper.

Hey, the police in the UK must have read your thread! It looks like you gave them an idea:
London's Metropolitan Police accused of waterboarding suspects http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6466430.ece

 

[swarm]

Whatever happened to the good old days of thumb screws and iron maidens?

What's with these pansy tortures?

Real torture is also preventive maintenance. Kneecap some one and they can't flee crime scenes.

 

[Manimammal]

Syzygys you are crazy.

All that you have proven for yourself is that you represent modern police de-evolving to create order.
It contradicts our evolutionary status in modern society, if we were to lower ourselves to that which we strongly oppose.

 

[Challenger78]

Here I thought you were being sarcastic. Waterboarding ?, On ordinary people.
What's next ?, Public Caning ?.