Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Waterboarding and Tasering

Waterboarding was a war crime when the Japanese did it to American GIs during WWII, enough said.

On to tasering. I've been reading a lot about tasering lately. Seems everytime you pick up a paper or turn on a TV or check a website, a bunch of policemen somewhere have tasered someone. I suspect for every tasering incident we hear about, 20 or 30 occur that no one mentions. Some of these tasering incidents end badly. I think that tasering has become too acceptable, but what to do about it? I have an answer. Equip each taser with a moniter that tells when it was used and for how long. Assign each taser to a specific individual. When the taser is used, subject the person assigned the taser to an equal amount of tasering. That would assure that tasers will only be used when absolutely necessary.

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