What is Waterboarding

It seems the truth is out there this morning about waterboarding, this hot trend has many featured articles this morning most of them related to heroic achievements at airports, this has been backed up by George Bush, in this post we will look at waterboarding and what it really means and explain what the tabloids mean as well, I hope you find this useful and you can intergrate it into this weeks terminology. Its a bit like asking what is culture or what is stress because when push comes to shove any form of questions like what is a blog in the mediated world of Waterboards?

George W Bush, the former United States president, has insisted that the "waterboarding" of terrorist suspects by the CIA saved British lives by stopping Islamist attacks on Heathrow and Canary Wharf. The Online Daily Telegragh

Now waterboarding during times of trouble is say the report (see the link above) a necessary evil in times of trouble. If I can take you back 9 years to when the troubles started. If you remember 2001 was a year of terrorism, George Bush was in power and the western world was under threat by terrorism. With that said you will understand why when I learned that someone has been waterboarded perhaps you can understand my curiosity to investigate further. A little bit of what truth I mention here is very lighthearted and simply a disinformational post exploring the english language.
When covert terminology is released to the public I feel a definition is in order, so lets take a look at what the dictionary say's shall we: Waterboarding, and to my surprise in-line with current trends the online definition is now...

"an interrogation technique in which water is forced into a detainee's mouth and nose so as to induce the sensation of drowning"

According to Unwickapedia water boarding the sport "was invented in 90 b.c. by American troops protecting the Gaza strip. Being in service there, the Americans had no surf-boards or boxer shorts. So they did what any bored serviceman would do: they took all their clothes off and made do with the crude planks from pirate ships in that area. Hence, the American military is the father of the sport we know today as water boarding."

Now obviously there is some good old U.S.A. humour in this equation and I certainly do not expect any objective reporting from UnWickapedia however there does seem to be some continuity in the introduction of new languages. I think tracking the beginning of this stories conception would help us find out more about the validity of this front page yarn.

What I was expecting was something else, I am sure on my bookshelf we will find another definition but bearing in mind I am stuck to the keyboard lets delve deeper into the English Language because this sounds a bit bizarre to say the least.

D Wilton, author of "Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends," wrote we live in an age when it is hard to make assumptions about trends in society with just a few new words.

Image via WikipediaSo why is water boarding such a hot topic today and if David W an expert in Debunking Linguistics is struggling to find an answer then how can we find some truth in what we read these days.

I think truth is missing, the fundamental truths are not being explored, truth is being brushed of as theological or ears prop up and think here we go again.

Water boarding being a beach bum is what they used in Baywatch is it not. A water board is that like red float the Pamela ran across the beach with, I know it is the the appropriate season for bringing up summer pursuits but isn't water boarding a water sport.
There is even a Facebook page to support the Water boarding phenomena that is reaching our shores has the whole world gone potty? Or is it just some shameless promotion that is no worse than watching JackAss 3D.