A Little Perspective in Iraq

[The Germanator]

Originally Posted by The Strangler

The discussion about Abu Graif went several pages before it was closed... an American is beheaded with a knife in a process that took over 30 seconds and the discussion about it degrades into humor in 5 posts.

Thank you all for proving my point.

Well...When you post something like this on a gaming forum right as some of the most interesting stuff was being announced at E3, did you expect any different? Believe it or not, some people are more apathetic about the war than anything else.

I hate it that US soldiers are being killed, but this is what we wanted right? This is making our nation and the world a better place, right? So, some of those who have gone overseas have been killed, yep, that is what happens in war. I was about as apathetic about the Iraqi torture photos as I am about the supposed beheading of the U.S soldier. People die, whether it's a humane death or inhumane, does it matter? Of course it's a terrible thing, and it's why I disagree with war in the first place, but there's nothing to be done once a war starts. We probably don't even know about some of the more terrible offenses that have been commited on both sides, so I can't believe that the torture photos or this video are the worst things that have happened.

I suppose my point is that you certainly can't get a good judgement on people in general when you base your results on what has occured in a gaming forum. The media personally has no effect on me. I will not be outraged by anything that comes out of this war, no matter how horrible because the word "war" makes bad news redundant.

Edit: My mistake, US civilian, not soldier. Doesn't change my general view though.