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What is Torture?

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 Definition of torture:

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torture[1,noun]torture[2,transitive verb]

Main Entry: 1tor·ture
Pronunciation: 'tor-ch&r
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus, past participle of torquEre to twist; probably akin to Old High German drAhsil turner, Greek atraktos spindle
1 a : anguish of body or mind : AGONY b : something that causes agony or pain
2 : the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure
3 : distortion or over refinement of a meaning or an argument : STRAINING

now please do not make me define anguish and agony cause I will........

again I say for the dense..

Making a room 95 degrees is not TORTURE.... its damn uncomfortable.

Playing loud music (90 decibels} is not Torture is just mind numbing

Making a room cold 40 degrees is not TORTURE... it is very uncomfortable.

Making someone stand in place is NOT TORTURE.

Putting a blindfold on someones head is not torture... its scary period.

I am tired of the left twisting my words so the outcome is as they choose../

for the fainthearted I will now list some torture beware your bleeding heart might rupture.

Slamming slivers of bamboo on fire under your toenails is torture

Pulling your tongue out and cutting it off is torture.... Saddam did this on a constant basis. So do the Terrorists we are fighting and worse.

Cutting someone hands off in stages from the fingers upwards is torture... Saddam also did this. We have proof that the Muslim lunatics do this also.

Gassing someone with chemical agents is torture Saddam did this also

Cutting off someones ears is torture Saddam also did this. We have proof the Muslim Terrorists do this too.


Can any of you  name one instance in THIS WAR where we did anything approaching the true definition of torture?

Do any of you have proof that America has done anything besides a bunch of unsubstantiated rumors that we have engaged in any of this kind of horrendous behavior?


 


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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
all of this tells me that torture is subjective. like what smells bad or tastes bad.
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
This so called water boarding has been around a long time, I remember a form of it applied to our own troops, by our own troops all the way back in 1964. Am I to take it I was being tortured by our own troops and I was a willing participant?


This is used in Navy Seal Training as well as the Marines.

Being these groups are the first line in they are more at risk of being caught. Alot of that was to give you some experience so it didn't catch you off guard.
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
like what smells bad or tastes bad.


oooo for me that would be subjecting me to eat plain oatmeal.

YUUUUUUUUCK!
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top
danielostOctober 8, 2007 23:47:17


then there was the torture that the Muslims cited. that was when a US soldier was eating a ham sandwich.


or being questioned by a female.
Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top
Adventure-DudeOctober 9, 2007 13:32:03


This so called water boarding has been around a long time, I remember a form of it applied to our own troops, by our own troops all the way back in 1964. Am I to take it I was being tortured by our own troops and I was a willing participant?


This is used in Navy Seal Training as well as the Marines.


ummmmm I know, I was there and experienced it, it left no permanent damage to me, or maybe it did, hahahahahahahahahah
Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top
lulapilgrimOctober 9, 2007 08:25:52


Let's come to terms..those who govern the culture's language govern the culture.

Torture? Here's another sombering look at it---We've tortured 50 million and counting in this country.....


What about saline scalding, and surgical dismemberment or in late term--puncturing the base of the skull and vacuum suctioning their brains?


oh no, this is sanctioned by the left and approved by the SCOTUS therefore it is not torture.... yeh right!
Reply #32 from JoeUser Forums Top
"I was there and experienced it, it left no permanent damage to me, or maybe it did, hahahahahahahahahah "

Well, you're a bad example, but really, it leaves no permanent damage on MOST people.   
Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top

What is Torture?






Reply #34 from JoeUser Forums Top
MAKE IT STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Reply #35 from JoeUser Forums Top
somebody make her stop smiling
Reply #36 from JoeUser Forums Top
Now that left permanent damage.
Reply #37 from JoeUser Forums Top
Good time to invest in Psychologist stocks!
Reply #38 from JoeUser Forums Top
JythierOctober 9, 2007 14:14:32


"I was there and experienced it, it left no permanent damage to me, or maybe it did, hahahahahahahahahah "

Well, you're a bad example, but really, it leaves no permanent damage on MOST people.


What really left serious damage was finding out how divided the nation was over the war and how politicians were using it as talking points, how the citizens of the country {around 50% or so} hated us for defending the country, how we were treated when we got home. I would have traded that for water boarding any day.
Reply #39 from JoeUser Forums Top
(Citizen)Island DogOctober 9, 2007 14:16:30


dog? I love ya like a brother, but if you ever do that again I will hunt you down and kill you. I will have new nightmares now about that face.
Reply #40 from JoeUser Forums Top
dog? I love ya like a brother, but if you ever do that again I will hunt you down and kill you. I will have new nightmares now about that face.


Hey, you asked the question! 


Reply #41 from JoeUser Forums Top
somebody make her stop smiling


Oh pleaaase, yes, somebody do something, quick...

Stretching skin is torture at least for someone who has to loook at it.   
Reply #42 from JoeUser Forums Top
somebody make her stop smiling


Smiling? it looks like foaming at the mouth.
Reply #43 from JoeUser Forums Top
somebody make her stop smiling


Smiling? it looks like foaming at the mouth.


maybe someone should shoot her before what ever she has spreads
Reply #44 from JoeUser Forums Top
Torture is reading posts by Danielost and ColGene arguing about something. With no ability to respond yourself. And no third party to the argument. Forever.
Reply #45 from JoeUser Forums Top
(Citizen)JythierOctober 9, 2007 16:19:47


Torture is reading posts by Danielost and ColGene arguing about something. With no ability to respond yourself. And no third party to the argument. Forever.


Imagine having to listen to colgene for hours and hours on end ranting on the same subject for months at the time over and over, now that would be torture.
Reply #46 from JoeUser Forums Top
Even on different subjects, it's the same subject, you know what I mean?
Reply #47 from JoeUser Forums Top
(Citizen)Jythier




i will try to stay out of his latest blog so i won't torture you. but no promises.
Reply #48 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thanks! I try to avoid most of them, but sometimes they're there, and I'm bored, and I just feel compelled to read it. Bah!
Reply #49 from JoeUser Forums Top
(Citizen)JythierOctober 9, 2007 16:37:52


Even on different subjects, it's the same subject, you know what I mean?


I do, colongangrene can start talking about how underfunded school lunches are and somehow make it bushes fault
Reply #50 from JoeUser Forums Top
(Citizen)JythierOctober 9, 2007 17:01:18


Thanks! I try to avoid most of them, but sometimes they're there, and I'm bored, and I just feel compelled to read it. Bah!


yeh it is kind of like a car wreck you just gotta look.