[Geronimo '74]

One does not need to undergo something to know whether it is torture or not.

And whether he is ok with it being used on a terrorist is not relevant since none of the people that posted in this thread so far are against waterboarding being used as an interrogation technique.

I get the impression that the definition given by the UN has made some of you a bit cranky.
That is not the reason why I posted it.
It is IMO an acurate description of what torturing is. It is not different from the definition in the dictionary, just more elaborated.

Torturing is causing pain, extreme discomfort, physically and or mentally for a number of reasons. The most common one would be extracting information, I guess.

My two cents? Waterboarding is torturing. Cruel? Maybe, but unfortunately it is very necessary. It is not like it is being done for fun, harsh times call for harsh methods.

Your opinions may vary.