Coney Island Holds a Funhouse Mirror to Waterboarding

Hurry! Hurry! Step right up! Watch one robot gag in agony while another pours water down its throat to simulate drowning.

It's rare when a amusement park sideshow takes on politics. But now, Coney Island is holding a funhouse mirror to the controversial interrogation technique known as "waterboarding."

Outside the Waterboard Thrill Ride, you'll see a SpongeBob in chains, with his trademark goofy grin, proclaiming, "It don't Gitmo better!" That's just a taste of things to come.

Slip a dollar through the slot, and you'll watch through a barred window as one robot in an orange jump suit, is shackled face-up, as another, dressed in black, pours water down his mouth.

"What's more obscene?" asks creator Steve Powers, "Saying that waterboarding is not torture or creating a waterboard thrill ride?"

This is one ride that has to be seen to be believed.

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