[mdlug-discuss] [mdlug] OT - IR jamming

[Aaron Kulkis]

Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>> From: Aaron Kulkis
> 
>> Raymond Ingles wrote:
> 
>>>>  >> Waterboarding was prosecuted after WWII???
>>>>  >> If so, then why haven't the opponents publicized it?
>>>>  >  Um... they have.
> [...cites deleted...]
>> Yes, the Japanese treatment of POW's was notorious.
> 
>  So, let's see if I've got this straight. I state that we prosecuted people for
> waterboarding in WWII. You say, "No way!" I say, "Way!" and produce cites showing
> that not only was it prosecuted in WWII, it was also prosecuted in Vietnam.
> 
>  You say, "But the Japanese did all kinds of other bad stuff!"
> 
>  Now I say: So what? Sure, the Japanese did all kinds of bad stuff. But *one* of the
> bad things they did was waterboarding, and we prosecuted them for it specifically.
> More, we've even prosecuted our own soldiers for doing so even more recently. The
> fact that the Japanese did *other* terrible things in WWII is irrelevant. What, are
> you a squid trying to throw up a cloud of ink to hide your getaway?
> 

It wasn't for waterboarding alone.

It was for a pattern of atrocious, inhumane behavior.

>  We've prosecuted others when they used waterboarding on our troops. We've
> prosecuted our own troops when they've used it. But now, suddenly, it's all hunky-
> dory when we do it, it's not even torture. Yeah, whatever.

> 
>> What does ANY that have to do with a 45-seconds scare session,
>> which leaves the subject both physically and mentally unharmed?
> 
>  So, you're saying the Japanese soldier who waterboarded our troops *shouldn't*
> have been prosecuted?

Waterboarding was the least of the Japanese offenses.

Broken bones and smashed out teeth were common.
Not to mention malnutrition and starvation (even
during the years when the home islands were still
well supplied from mainland Asia).

Just keep taking everything out of context -- all it does
is make you look completely foolish and naive.