Waterboarding

Heather Mallik, usually an interesting read and contrast with the normal slant of the CBC, hits it right on the head when she deals with the topic of waterboarding and the general inhumanity that humans are capable of. Her example of waterboarding is of someone who suffered it under the Japanese in WWII, but she gives examples of lots of others who carried out this loathsome act. Waterboarding is not "dunking" as Dick Cheney said. What is worse, I think, is what this belittlement of torture says about the speaker's worldview and his perceived place in this world. We're all capable of horrible things and it's so important to remember this most of all. Here's a link to a short summary of the UK man's journey from torture to forgiveness.