tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post7383103268954610688..comments2023-05-29T05:39:03.467-04:00Comments on private matters and public things: Waterboarding = Results!Sammy Wheelock aka "SW"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12838650350541903735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post-82155568120336832382011-05-17T23:20:36.437-04:002011-05-17T23:20:36.437-04:00Yes, and its name is wonderfully banal too: it'...Yes, and its name is wonderfully banal too: it's like something Californians decided to try after getting bored with surfboarding and boogie-boarding. <br /><br />Everybody should read <i>The Body in Pain</i> by Elaine Scarry.Sammy Wheelock aka "SW"https://www.blogger.com/profile/12838650350541903735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939540709666345656.post-32939073333039924752011-05-17T05:22:11.249-04:002011-05-17T05:22:11.249-04:00Waterboarding really is the kind of torture a PR d...Waterboarding really is the kind of torture a PR department would come up with - it isn't bloody or physically violently, it conceals the victim's face to de-personalise them, and it can apparently be done by two people looking like medical students practicing putting in an IV drip line.DJnoreply@blogger.com