re: #197 recusancy

Is water boarding torture? There’s no physical harm in that technique so if you believe it is torture then you would agree that one can be tortured mentally as well as physically. That is what America is doing to Manning. I don’t think he’s a hero. I think he should be convicted and face his penalties. I also don’t think he should be tortured.

If solitary is torture, then every state does it and a whole lot of countries.

Calling solitary “torture” is a good way to render the word meaningless.