Waterboarding

I took part in a panel discussion for triple j radio’s Hack program this afternoon which brought together three young people from around Australia – you can listen in below. Joining me were the president of Deakin University’s Liberal Club Tim Hickman and Shaman Sha, a refugee who came to Australia by boat in 2001.

One of the closing comments (before we ran out of time) came from Tim. In a great disservice to the Liberal party, and conservatives generally, Tim referred to Waterboarding as “throwing some cold water”.

Maybe he doesn’t get what waterboarding actually is. He should probably watch this video.

Listen to triple j Hack, Friday 17 April 2009:

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3 Responses to “Waterboarding”

  • Aura Says:
    May 1st, 2009 at 3:24 pm

    Hi James, wow…
    unfortunately this video is the cruel reality for many people who spend, torture is one of the worst enemies of humans.

    I am glad that ther are more good people that bad people in the world.

    Aura

  • Will Says:
    May 8th, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    Aura is right, there are a lot of bad people in the world.

    Thankfully, there’s also the United States of America to bring them to justice.

    People subjected to this were not innocent, nor were they petty criminals. These were murderers who sought to kill us just for our free way of life.

    Shame on you, James, for siding with them.

  • james Says:
    May 8th, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    Will, I certainly don’t side with murderers. And I’ve never said I do.

    It’s a pity your anger makes you think a policy of torture and prisoner abuse is justified. Shame on you for siding with torturers.

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