# Sean Hannity says he'll be waterboarded for charity-- will it happen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077 "2009-04-23T07:45:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077/61 "2009-04-25T07:23:33Z")
There’s a link earlier in the thread to a video. The subject has a weight in his hand and drops it as a signal to stop. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077/62 "2009-04-25T07:27:13Z")
I think he should have to be exposed to this three times, 15 seconds minimum each (or hell, maybe not even that). My point is that once he wusses out after a few seconds of the first one, they need to immediately ask him to do it again–if he says no, I think that would pretty much put to rest the ‘it’s not torture’ argument, preventing it from pulling the ‘it’s not that bad’ line. ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077/63 "2009-04-26T20:54:32Z")
This would scarcely be an “actual conditions” test: 1. Hannity will know for certain that they won’t let him drown. 2. The water will be clean, not full of the last boardees’ puke and funk. 3. They won’t do it multiple times. What does this prove? Nothing more than that he can hold his breath in clean water for 10 or 15 seconds secure in the knowledge that the administrator won’t let him die and won’t re-dunk him before he has a chance to recover. Bullshit!!! ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077/64 "2009-04-26T21:07:48Z")
Other reporters have been waterboarded in similar conditions and have not lasted 15 seconds. They were all pretty traumatized from the six seconds that they did last. There is no real need to increase the fear for Hannity. He won’t last even under more relaxed conditions. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077/65 "2009-04-26T21:21:54Z")
> [@Lakai](#): > > There is no real need to increase the fear for Hannity. He won’t last even under more relaxed conditions. He should be put in the conditions under which detainees were tortured so he can give us an accurate summary of what happened. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077/66 "2009-04-26T21:40:21Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > They could make him admit it. Heheheh. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077/67 "2009-04-26T21:49:34Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I will donate to charity if he underwent it for a full two minutes, and the only way he could get them to stop early would be to admit it is torture and should be illegal. > > I’d donate $100 to any 501-c qualifying charity. Two minutes? What about 100 times over 3 months for as long as it takes for him to admit under “pressure” that it is torture, that he is really a liberal taking money from conservatives and laughing, that he admires Hillary Clinton, that he sucks Rupert Murdoch’s cock, that Saddam Hussein wasn’t waterboarded because everyone knew there were not WMD and knew where the bodies were buried and would squeal if he wasn’t put to death right away. That the real reason for the Iraq War was to spoil relations with Islamic countries perpetually to create a cold war style boogie man so we would give up our rights and buy lots of arms, etc. etc. Is the desire to personally waterboard Mr. Hannity wrong? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077/68 "2009-04-26T23:57:36Z")
If he’s convinced it’s not a big deal, he could sell chances for charity. Probably sell more tickets than he would with a mere dunk tank at the fair. I might even buy a ticket myself. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077/69 "2009-04-27T08:36:39Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > If waterboarding isn’t torture, why would anyone do it? There are more efficient ways to bathe someone. This! I can understand those who think it’s right to torture (even if I don’t) if they think it’s effective (which I don’t), but I can’t fathom why some people are saying it’s not actually torture. I mean, if it’s not torture, how could it be effective? And if it’s effective, how could it not be torture? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077/70 "2009-04-27T11:06:24Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > This! > > I can understand those who think it’s right to torture (even if I don’t) if they think it’s effective (which I don’t), but I can’t fathom why some people are saying it’s not actually torture. I mean, if it’s not torture, how could it be effective? And if it’s effective, how could it not be torture? Oh, that’s an easy one. It’s not torture because the US doesn’t torture, and the US was doing it. Ergo, it’s not torture. ---
**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077/71 "2009-04-27T13:42:21Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Oh, that’s an easy one. It’s not torture because the US doesn’t torture, and the US was doing it. Ergo, it’s not torture. My interpretation of the argument vis-a-vis concerning the legality of water-boarding is thus: Torture is illegal under US and international law. Water-boarding is a “harsh interrogation” technique as such it not illegal therefore not torture. If Hannity wants to be waterboarded then it should be done properly. The US military unit who runs the SERE training programe, the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency, should do it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-hannity-says-hell-be-waterboarded-for-charity-will-it-happen/494077.md?page=3)