More Evidence That Torture Doesn't WorkFollow

::Nuclear reactor critical::

Meltdown > Y/N?

Let's get back to the point, though, that Kaolian's opinion on waterboarding is shallow, immature and shows that he doesn't even have enough knowledge to admit what he doesn't know--namely, anything about the psychological impact of waterboarding and the definition of torture. For example, if you want to really do horrible damage to someone neurologically, you put them in a sensory deprivation situation and you can often trigger a psychotic break or cause some serious neurological damage over a number of years. There doesn't have to be visible scars for something to have a profound negative, lifelong affect on someone and be considered within the realm of torture.

If it is trolling, well, I bet Varrus thinks he's funny.

Ok, and here is a really good tip if you want to cause enduring psychological damage. Speak/Act extremely nice to them while whatever other methods are going on. You'll ruin their ability to form any sort of relationship with other people. But still, torture is a terrible tool for information gathering.

you wern't breastfed, were you?

We can bake them muffins! Delicious muffins! But not bran muffens. that might hurt their feelings.

12. And one might wish to drop the name calling. It's not really necessary.

Kao is the thinnest-skinned poster on this site, Red, I'd be careful. I mean, he is the only poster I can think of that actually has a "taboo subject" none of us are allowed to broach without repercussion up to and including bannination. He probably doesn't really belong in the Asylum, or as a moderator, but we can hope that with the changes going on around here perhaps Kaolian finally gets his walking papers. Probably be too little too late though, in my opinion.

I read that as "bedwetting pink hippos" which was much more entertaining.

Well, I just don't think it's right for paid employees to insult the people who basically pay for their salaries. I may be wrong about this, but it seems to me that Kao is doing this during working hours. It seems quite unprofessional. Maybe everyone accepts this around here, maybe it's considered normal business practice, I don't know. That's what I was curious about.

I know that in my job, I can't go around insulting my clients during working hours. I'm supposed to be, what's the word, "working". Don't get me wrong, abusing people who react when you belittle them is always fun, but just maybe not during work hours. And maybe not using the tools I was *specifically given* to perform my job.

I can see how a 12 year old could be tempted to use admin "powers" to "win" arguments, but I expected more from someone who's been doing the same job for, what, 9 years now? That's why I said it was "retarded". I suppose I should've said "unprofessional", but this being the Asylum, I figured we could have a grown-up discussion about this. But whatever, I'm quite looking forward to receiving a condensed resumé of my rating history.

I don't know, one Varrus seems just about enough.

So, all you waterboarding "isn't that bad" types...

If it's such a valid tool for interrogations, why don't our police forces use it? Why wasn't Timothy McVeigh waterboarded to find out if he had accomplices? So far we've only done it on Muslim "terrorists" out of the country.

Why? Because it's frikken torture.