It's disgusting -- that's a plain, ordinary way of putting it. It's revolting. How you can think it's not torture almost defies description. It's time, here in the United States, to get it right. Get the CIA out of it -- we can do it if we actually try; you know that too.

Well then, he should be rectally hydrated for a few weeks... you know, just to prove that it's not torture

Rectal Feedings, the rectal hydration bs was an attempt to downplay the significance. Shoving humus and fine mashed almonds up someone's posterior isn't for hydration. It's for degradation.