Taken from the Straight Dope Message Board (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448717)
"So much talk of waterboarding, so much controversy. But what is it really? How bad? I wanted to write the definitive thread on waterboarding, settle the issue. Torture, or not?
To determine the answer, I knew I had to try it. I looked at my two small children. Surely, in the interests of science?.....
But alas, my wife had objections.
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