Not content with just simulated waterboarding, artist Steve Powers, creator of Coney Island’s new Waterboard Thrill Ride, submitted to the slow drowning torture technique with a trio of lawyers on Friday night. “In a private room at Coney Island, with an audience of artists, journalists, friends and family, former Army interrogator Mike Ritz roughly stuffed a towel into his victims’ mouths, one by one, and poured water until they struggled.” “I think if you’re for or against this technique, the conversation about this needs to start. We need to recognize what it truly is — which is torture,” said the former military interrogator hired to waterboard the group. [Washington Post]