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Thanks for that Pope story (none / 0) (#36)
by FoxholeAtheist on Sun Apr 13, 2008 at 01:14:25 AM EST
Squeaky, I'm rather fond of the title: "Does the Former Holy Inquisitor Refuse to Eat with Torturers?" If true, that's encouraging. (Maybe George Bush XV1 won't be able to stomach torture either.)  

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Yes (none / 0) (#37)
by squeaky on Sun Apr 13, 2008 at 01:17:25 AM EST
It is a great title and quite germane. Emptywheel has a way with words.

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I had the great pleasure (none / 0) (#51)
by Kathy on Sun Apr 13, 2008 at 07:50:39 AM EST
of a behind the scenes tour at the torture museum in Rome.  My guide was a very funny little man who was thrilled to point out this fact to all of his American friends:

The rack (which, as many know, is the contraption where you tie someone's arms and legs apart and turn a crank and it pulls the victim limb from limb) was rendered obsolete way back when a new technique was discovered--they would still tie down the "suspect" on the rack, but then they would put a hood over their head and pour bucket after bucket of water on them to simulate drowning.  

The best thing about this form of torture (which the Nazis used in WWII and were convicted of war crimes for doing) is that it left the victim alive for even more torture.

(as an aside, I was fascinated to learn that Hitler's folk used the guillotine more than the French did...)

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Wow (none / 0) (#66)
by squeaky on Sun Apr 13, 2008 at 11:12:41 AM EST
Sounds amazing. I did not know that Nazis were also jailed for water torture. I know that some Japanese used it on American prisoners and were tried, convicted and sent to prison in America for the crime after the war.

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