Civiero is a surname, not a self-description of civility. In fact, I'm a bluntly honest, arrogant asshole and I would never claim otherwise. Hitchens stated, clearly, unequivocally, unambiguously, unfalteringly, and bluntly that waterboarding is torture, regardless of who performs it. You misquoted an objection that he raised merely to rebut. This argument seems to have become circular, so I bid you good day.