I'm talking about the recent video on youtube depicting a marine throwing a puppy off a cliff.
http//www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/04/puppy.marine/?iref=mpstoryview
Has anyone seen the video on a site other than youtube? I don't trust everything I see, and I do hope I never see this. I know the link says CNN but was it sourced from somewhere else.
Animal cruelty is defined by a cultures norms and mores. Eating dogs and monkeys etc. and horrific slaughter techniques.
(I can name one that I won't mention).
I don't think it's fair to say that being American had much to do with the Marines actions. I might be British but my sons are American and big lads too!
I don't dislike Americans, I just dislike America, and unfortunately Americans happen to live here. I think Moo's point is they are very very different people and you generally feel more comfortable with people from your own background.
I don't dislike Americans but I do resent the fact that I am here and not home and sadly they are the particular group that I get to take it out on !!
Britannia, the video was posted on youtube and then picked up by the traditional media. When the video came to light, the Marines investigated it....here was what was reported when the findings were announced:
Two Marines disciplined for puppy-toss video: military
Jun 12, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Two US Marines have been disciplined for their role in an Internet video that showed a puppy being thrown off a cliff by a soldier in Iraq, the military said in a statement Thursday.
A press release from the US Marines Corps base in Hawaii said Lance Corporal David Motari, who was seen in the video hurling the puppy into a rocky ravine, faced expulsion for the incident.
Motari, part of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment at Kaneohe Bay, is "being processed for separation," the statement said. He also faced unspecified "non-judicial" punishment.
Another Marine, Sergeant Crismarvin Banez Encarnacion, whose role in the incident was unclear, received non-judicial punishment the Marines said.
"The actions seen in the Internet video are contrary to the high standards we expect of every Marine and will not be tolerated," the Marines statement read. "The vast majority of Marines conduct their duties with honor and compassion that makes American people proud."
The video in question surfaced on Youtube in March and drew outrage from animal-lovers before later being removed.
In the footage, a Marine identified as Motari can be seen smiling and dangling a small black and white puppy before launching it off the cliff, where it can heard yelping as it plunges to its death.
"That's mean. That's mean, Motari," an unidentified voice off-camera is heard saying before sniggering as the video ends.