1.0Navin Kabra's Bloghttps://smritiweb.com/navinnavinhttps://smritiweb.com/navin/author/navin-2rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3WwXHrP4OW"><a href="https://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/straight-dope-message-board-i-waterboard">What waterboarding feels like</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://smritiweb.com/navin/miscellaneous/straight-dope-message-board-i-waterboard/embed#?secret=3WwXHrP4OW" width="600" height="338" title="“What waterboarding feels like” — Navin Kabra's Blog" data-secret="3WwXHrP4OW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://smritiweb.com/navin/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Waterboarding is a torture technique that has been in the news recently because the United States Justice Department authorized the use of this technique by the CIA to interrogate suspects. This person on the Straight Dope message boards tried it upon himself and reports on the experience: So much talk of waterboarding, so much controversy. … Continue reading