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8/18/2012 1:19:06 PM
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Waterboarding...why not just hold your breath?
I know it's late, and I'm killing time at work; this question has been bugging me: waterboarding consists of (in the crude way) putting a rag over someone's face and pouring water over it to simulate drowning without actually endangering the person...so...why wouldn't the person being "tortured" just hold their breath, and then pretend that it worked?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] theHurtfulTurkey I'm merely trying to get a more reasonable answer;[/quote] [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SKYDROME It's designed to induce the feeling of drowning, and when you're drowning, you tend to reflexively open your mouth, in the hope of air, even when there is none. And then you keep drowning.[/quote][quote][b]Posted by:[/b] STB97 This is the main reason, the human body as a rather stupid reflex that causes you to gasp for air upon contact with cold or freezing water, which in most cases doesn't allow the person to take a breath before they are submerged.[/quote][quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Synyster Snipez Because holding your breath is useless in alleviating the psychological trauma associated with waterboarding as a method of torture. [/quote][quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jew man man Panicking would likely make the victim gasp for air, so holding their breath won't work.[/quote]
