This is not my normal subject matter, although the site seems to touch on what is considered porn occasionally. This moves into the realm of stomach turning distasteful. It just seemed like one of those things that was going to be ignored, and really shouldn’t be . . .
Jayrah brought an article by Tom Tomorrow to my attention. It seems that american soldiers stationed in Iraq have been trading images of disfigured, mutilated, or dismembered corpses for porn. Another article covering the story is here, and another, with disturbing images, is here. This whole event disgusts me, and I am scared it will be ignored by many media outlets.
I’ve got to say that this is fairly disturbing. I’m really uncertain how to respond. Clearly, there is something wrong with this but I don’t know how to go about convincing folks that it should stop, though I would find it frightening if I had to.
this is sick. i’m not suprised in some ways, but that doesn’t mask my shock and horror. if this has been going on for almost a year, why hasn’t it had more publicity?
At first I misunderstood and thought they were trading pictures to each other (soldier to soldier) to be used AS porn. That was really disturbing.
I think that sadly, this type of thing will never go away. Supply and demand. Sick as it is.