We’ve tried, but we just can’t take it anymore!

Coney Island now offers an attraction where you get to watch someone getting waterboarded.  WOOHOO!!!    A man with a black hood pours water on the face of a prisoner in an orange jumpsuit strapped to a table.  The scene using robotic dolls is an installation built by artist Steve Powers to criticize waterboarding.  "Waterboard Thrill Ride" beckons a sign along with cartoon character "SpongeBob SquarePants" who appears tied down and exclaiming: "It don't Gitmo better!"

So why did he do this?  "Anyone can see this is painful from 50 feet away," said Powers, "I wanted people to understand the psychological ramifications of this."

Are you F*ing serious!?!  This is just sick and wrong.  Anyone who has almost drowned can appreciate the psychological ramifications of simulated drowning.  The biggest problem I have with everything is this… Waterboarding has been around for a very long time (it was an ancient torture practice, and has just been perfected over time), why are we getting all up in arms about it now?  If you look up waterboarding on the internet you can find pictures of people doing it since 1556.  Why is this an issue now?  I tried to find a video on youTube to show this funtastic attraction but no one has posted anything yet. 

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSKUA75551820080807?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews