Indeed it is, or rather was, a recognized form of TORTURE, prosecuted as a war crime during Nuremberg, practiced by the Khmer Rouge regime and internationally outlawed right up until the Bush administration decided to withdraw from the Geneva Conventions and embrace the practice as a "harsh interrogation technique."

The president and Rumsfeld are war criminals. And their enablers and torture apologists are filth.

Shit, I'm an enabler.

Ain't no torture apologist though.

You don't strike me as a Bush apologist. And you're certainly not a torture supporter.

I think you can be forgiven for realizing you've made a terrible mistake.