re: #632 LudwigVanQuixote

Now go look it up and stop being so stupid.

I wasn’t going to get involved but I can’t let this kind of reasoning slide.

1. There was not one person on either side of the battle during WW2 who was tried solely for the act of water boarding.
2. There is a difference between water boarding and the Japanese water torture. Namely, the end result. The Japanese water torture generally ended in death. Hence the hangings of a variety of Japanese military commanders in the Philippines after the war.
3. Lastly, there is also a big difference between how military troops and the various state agencies are legally allowed to deal with prisoners. Military troops are not allowed to engage in anything even resembling water boarding.