Originally posted by 4711+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (4711)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>We do NOT need to be bombarded with this type of disgusting, visual reminder of how sickening war and the associated atrocities that occur are..[/b]
I fully agree that we do not need to be 'bombarded' with unpleasant visual reminders. However I don't think we ARE being bombarded by them. I haven't seen any graphic images in the mainstream media.
I don't think anyone has been made to see the video, without knowing fine well what it is. The fact that the "information age" permits people to see the video *out of their own free will*, without being "bombarded with it", is something we can not, and should not try to stop. Unless you want to get into the whole censorship debate with the usual arguments (ie, "Who is to judge what is too disgusting for us to see?", "how do we stop the circulation of information for the peoples own good?", etc).
As for the video itself? We've all seen much worse images in '12' rated films. The only difference is that this is real. The emotional effect is caused by the subconscious knowledge that what you are seeing is not fiction.
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I've seen people who didn't want a needle put in their arm put up more of a fight, breaking out of leather restraints; or people who didn't want a stomach levage.[/quote]
He was outnumbered six to one. One of his captives held a weapon. He had probably already tried putting up a fight on numerous occassions, and the result was probably several sharp and painful blows. In that situation I think you have no choice but to accept that your attempt to fight is futile, and will only result in more suffering.