After being repulsed by the video of US Marines urinating on, and desecrating the corpses of Taliban fighters, my next thought is, what were they thinking? I have not watched the video. I do not plan to.
There's a thoughtful piece about the video and it's implications by NPR's Cory Flintoff.
There have been other incidents from both sides that utilize social media. Dawn Perlmutter, director of the of the Institute for the Research of Organized and Ritual Violence says, "There is this strange combination of primal rituals and modern technology that keeps happening."
This is an example of social media at its worst. It reminds me of the people who will say or do anything to be on those syndicated talk shows aired on commercial TV.
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