Matthew Yglesias reports that Mancow, the libertarian/conservative shock jock, had himself waterboarded as a stunt to prove that the practice was not torture.
“„It is way worse than I thought it would be, and that’s no joke. It is such an odd feeling to have water poured down your nose with your head back…It was instantaneous…and I don’t want to say this: absolutely torture.
“„In some circumstances saying “pretty please” just isn’t enough.
“„Let’s ask if we can yank out his fingernails.
“„Notice the laymen always get waterboarded. They never have bamboo shoved up their fingernails or a car battery hooked up to their testicles. Until Hitchens or Mancow chooses to experience bamboo fingernailing first-hand, there’s the suggestion that waterboarding is somehow different.
“„For his next trick, Mancow is going to have one of his fingers sawed off to see if it’s as bad as waterboarding.
“„They did survive having a house fly in the studio on Thursday.