Does anyone else remember the whole John Titor time traveler episode of some years back? John posted some frighteningly believable material to some bulletin board and, pertinent to this discussion, very specifically predicted that CERN would produce tiny black holes that would then be utilized to create the very time travel units that John Titor had used to come back from the future and communicate with us. Reading this whole story has really made the hair on the back of my head stand up.

Wow, the level of ignorance of the real world displayed in many of the comments here is amazing (but not entirely unexpected). Oooooh! America is sooooo evil. Down with America! Let's all have another cinnamon latte and write outraged comments!

My comment: Those of you who are so outraged by these photos are utterly clueless about how evil some of those prisoners were and how evil is . These were guys who coldly decapitated multiple people in ditches while they squirmed in their own blood, who knowingly blasted children and anyone at random to bits in public markets and who hanged peoples' burned corpses in public places after they had beaten them to death. Why? Because they were from a different branch of their own religion or of a different political philosophy!

Save me your outrage over the sophmoric idiots at Abu G; Where were your outraged comments about the daily horrors perpetrated by the monsters who got roughed up and humiliated in Abu Garaib. In my opinion, no one should have wasted time screwing around with those men; most of those guys merited a quick bullet throught the face followed by cremation. That the American military DIDN'T do that (except in very isolated and unusual cases) speaks loads about how basically moral its approach actually is. If justice were truly served, the terrorist perps that were obviously guilty would never have been captured and detained at all. They would have been removed from any further possibility of killing innocents immediately.

So, go vent your ignorant outrage if you will, but remember to do a reality check before you get so worked up that you choke on your latte. Never forget that the ONLY reason that you have the freedom to express your propaganda is because the American military has consistently stood fast against the truly evil, fascist forces on the planet, buying WITH THEIR BLOOD the freedoms you enjoy and take for granted every day. All you people in other countries owe the American military a debt greater than you can ever repay because your countries would have been swept under the domination of the nazis, the Japanese fascists, the Soviet Union's domination if it had not been for America. And, if the islamo-fascists of our time continue unchecked, you can kiss your negative comments on BoingBoing goodbye, as well as the rest of the internet and any free, political discourse. Think about it. Any criticisms you sincerely hold should always be prefaced by a note of appreciation that you CAN criticize because good men bought that privilege for you with their own blood.

I really love many aspects of Boing Boing but I must say that the sick fixation with 'goatse' and this new video (that I refuse to watch based on the oblique descriptions that I have read) really detracts from what is otherwise a great website.

What is it about such repulsive perversity that makes it seem worthy of display and discussions to you folks?

I am no prude, but it seems to me that these sorts of things are simply beyond the pale of normal, civilized thought. As humans, I would like to think we had risen above utterly repulsive debasements that even animals would not contemplate. But to think that people would find entertainment or even humor in such things is very, very frightening. I would think that it is an indication of mental illness of one sort or another. In some cases of severe mental illness, persons sometimes smear their feces around their environment and on themselves. But they are sadly out of touch with sanity.

What is your excuse?

I am always shocked by the incredible ignorance of some of the folks who make assertions about this type of subject. There is no doubt whatsoever in the minds of anyone familiar with the nature of Japanese warfare/militarism that there would be FAR more deaths resultant from an invasion of Japan than the deaths from the two a-bombs. The experiences of the battles on the Pacific islands showed that the Japanese soldier would fight to the last death. There were no other honorable possibilites in their well-indoctrinated minds. The Kamikase attacks that occurred were only a foretaste of what was being prepared for any invasion fleet that dared near the Japanese coast. Thousands of aircraft and boats of many kinds prepared as suicide attack craft were found after the war ended. The civilian populations were being trained and drilled in resistance/suicide techniques. The regime of the time was as totalitarian as any on earth in history and only very reluctantly surrended even though their country had been brought to ruin around them. Persons knowledgeable about the realities of the monstrous Japanese mindset of that time have no doubts that the bombs saved far more lives than they took, not just those of soldiers and sailors but of the civilians of all ages in Japan. Only the ignorant make assertions about things they really don't know about.