It took me the longest time to figure out what all the fuss about waterboarding was.  It sounded like a fun thing to do in a lake or the ocean, like surfing or windsailing. I would read about the C.I.A. using this practice on prisoners, and I was all, so what? What else did they do, take them out to the country for a nice picnic?

Eventually I figured out that it was a serious form of torture where you tie someone face down on a board and souse them with water until they experience the sensation of drowning.  That didn’t seem like such a fun way to spend a day.  And I guess now I’m confused all over again, because this form of torture is being used because it doesn’t leave any physical marks although it can cause excruciating pain.  If that’s the aim, why not just make them watch the current season of Nip Tuck?