[cajungirl]

I do wish there was a rule that for every pic of nekkid prisoners there was a pic of our dead contractors or the WTC dead which the networks didn't show because they were just too gruesome for us to bear. But hey, we can stand Iraqi torture by nekkidness can't we.

[ClancyJ]

I wish for every picture there was one right along side showing the soldiers taking school supplies to help Iraqi school children, showing them building schools, bringing food and clean water in to the Iraqis AND fighting the terrorists that want to be dictators over the Iraqis.

[Cold Heat]

Pics like these always cause a convulsion in the press.

Remember Rodney King?

It is just something we have to deal with, on a social level.

All politics aside, the pics do not tell the story, but reinforce it in a very emotional way, just like the King case, or the cop beating videos.

We are a nation of knee jerker's when it comes to pics and videos and the media is pushing this button.

We can do little to remove the button or control the media, except by our actions and words.

There are several on this forum who appear to be caught up in the reality game show. This is disappointing, but i will live with it as I do a chronic pain.