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I think the problem is in playing word games: Is it "torture," or is it a "harsh interrogation technique"?
Is it that difficult to call a spade a spade? Is this cruel and unusual punishment?
I believe it is. The use of waterboarding is unconstitutional and against international law.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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