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In reply to the discussion: "Forced Rectal Feeding" [View all]TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)11. It would turn into an enema, basically.
Absorption of anything beneficial would be minimal--seems it would be a very inefficient way to hydrate. I'm guessing the point of this technique was 100% to humiliate and cause discomfort.
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Lexicographical note: I think you mean "There will be retaliation" (not "blowback"). The
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#2
Thanks. I've never heard these distinctions before and wondered where you got them.
Scuba
Dec 2014
#8
That is the best explanation I have seen of what is coming. And it may not come immediately. I
jwirr
Dec 2014
#12
You say "head completely up his or her ass" in reply to a post about rectal feeding.
tclambert
Dec 2014
#19
Wiktionary defines blowback as: "An unintended adverse result, especially of a political action."
tclambert
Dec 2014
#28
They didnt do this to get intelligence, they did it to satisfy a narrative.
951-Riverside
Dec 2014
#4
Even Margaret Thatcher did not order force-feeding for the IRA hunger strikers (nt)
Nye Bevan
Dec 2014
#10
my dad was also with Patton, in artillery, so he was spared most of the really horrible stuff
steve2470
Dec 2014
#34
We've bombed people and tortured them, what more must we do to get them to love America?
tclambert
Dec 2014
#21