@ Tubebuoy: Excellent posts, and I fully agree with everything you've said.
Originally posted by "Kelewyn"+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE ("Kelewyn")</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>First I am against censorship, but I'm not so sure I think any links to that video should be posted, at LEAST without some warning. I saw it awhile ago, but as someone who has almost seen it all and studies psychology it didn't affect me.. THAT much.[/b]
As you suggested I have appended a small warning below the link (although I think it's pretty redundant as people who download a beheading video are usually aware that it won't be pleasant).
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The whole affair is sickening, and now, courtesy of our wonderful "information age", 10-15 year old kids get to see a beheading on the Internet..[/quote]
I'm not sure if that's the way you implied it, but surely it's a good thing, isn't it? Our society should see what we, as a species, are capable of, rather than being sheilded with any truth which does not reinforce the stereotype that real war is as fun as a video game. How can we formulate any opinion if we are shielded from the details, and brought up with the illlusion that the world is a perfect place?
There isn't much hope for the future of mankind, is there.....
You are talking as if war was something new. You are talking as though the murder of innocent civilians during a war is anything new. For as long as human-kind has existed war has been choronic. Until recently, the murder of civilians during wars was considered to be normal. What we have at the moment is nothing compared to the horrors millions of people were subjected in WWII alone.
I say that at present, we are more civilised than ever. I say that not only do we have hope, we have a lot more hope than we have ever had. The fact that due to advancments in technology the entire population gets to see wars for what they are, with all the unpleasant details helps a lot. Those who cannot remember history are condemned to repeat it.