What IS waterboarding?

[Bbbananas]

Is it like snowboarding, skateboarding or is it a sexual activity involving urine in some way?

Fancy George Bush......

[jake-the-peg]

I wonder if the Americans would regard it as torture if it was used against their troops

[joggerjayne]

It's definitely right.

I can hold my breath a lot longer underwater than I could sitting here now.

[ChuckFickens]

"It's called the Mammalian Diving Reflex, I think."

It is, though it effect humans far less than any other mammal.

[LoftyLottie]

Thanks jno

[joggerjayne]

Well yes, it affects us less than, say, dolphins or whales, chuck.

[joggerjayne]

From that YouTube clip, one presumes that most terrorist organisations will not be asking Christopher Hitchens to become one of their front line assassins.