On Monday’s the Dog usually works his letter writing campaign for torture accountability, but with all the other issues out there it seems like a good time to remind everyone what this letter writing campaign is asking accountability for. Torture is hideous not merely for the physical damage it causes. It is hideous because of the sense of total helplessness it causes. It makes people live in total fear, for their lives, and total helplessness to make it end.

Originally posted at Squarestate.net

Last year the Dog wrote the following first person example of waterboarding. It is taken from literature and descriptions from those who have actually experienced waterboarding, though not from the Dog’s personal experience. The intent is to give those of us who have never been tortured one small, imperfect, glimpse into what that might be like.

WARNING: For those who have been tortured, this description may be triggering to PTSD. If you have lived through torture yourself, please consider not reading this or read it knowing it is graphic and may be disturbing.

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