Water Sporting?

16 Mar 18

We have discovered something shocking about the Charity Commission.

Yes, all right… something ELSE that’s shocking!

Their recently departed Chair, William Shawcross, is a bit of a fan of waterboarding.

Now, that sounds like fun, we thought. Until we found out that it isn’t a type of water sport. Well, not in the way most people would describe a water sport, anyway.

Waterboarding is a form of torture.

It involves an immobilised person having their face covered by a cloth and then having water poured over the cloth.

Result: the captive experiences the sensation of drowning.

Usually, the water is poured intermittently to prevent death as waterboarding is usually used to extract information or a confession.

If water is poured uninterruptedly, however, it will then lead to death by asphyxia [known as dry drowning].

William Shawcross is quoted as saying, he thinks this practice is acceptable.

We don’t - yet - have any firm evidence about the circumstances in which he believes it is OK to carry out waterboarding.

However, given what we’re hearing about the Charity Commission’s methods of extracting information from charity trustees, let’s say we are a tad concerned.

We should add that we’re talking about trustees who are not suspected of any heinous offences. Innocent people, you might say. Unless late filing of accounts is considered to be a crime that deserves punishment by waterboarding, of course.

More to be exposed soon.

Trinity

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