Comparing Abu Graib to the Holocaust and lynchings in the south diminishes the horror of the holocaust and the southern massacre. This is the worst kind of lazy-ass essay writing. The worst. Abu Graib deserves to be discussed in its own context without comparing the pyramid building to the death of 6 million jews. Now, she compares the actual posing, I understand, but she goes to the most extreme examples in her comparison. There must be some other instances in history which were photographed, folks posing over the tormented, that are more approximate to the AG scandal. Again, I call it bullshit laziness.

I haven't seen the pictures, but I don't see how the actions described in the article constitute "torture." On the other hand, I really hope Liberals keep playing the "compassion for terrorists" card.

i agree. the real obscenity is what has occured: not the representation of the event through photographs. there is a planned parenthood clinic near my house and occasionally, when i walk down the street, i see pro-life protesters with their ENORMOUS color-photographs of aborted fetuses. of course, i cringe and look away and feel tempted to roll my eyes when they tell me that Jesus loves me as i pass, but in the end, the principle is the same. representation is always OF some thing or some event and it seems peculiar to address it before, or instead of, addressing the real thing. but in another sense, we live in an image-obsessed culture and it's been said that the IMAGE is more "real" than the event. . .