Puppy Abuse

[DeadPoolX 9]

The interesting thing is that this event didn't occur while in Iraq, but in Hawaii. The marine who tossed the dog (Lance Corporal David Motari) was deployed in Iraq for seven months, however. So something might have happened during that time period which mentally unhinged him. In any event, I don't think he'll be making it to Corporal.

[Peikko 1,575]

That was really my point, surely the armed services need to address the post traumatic stress syndrome that may be what leads people to these types of behaviours? Of course, one could think it's one hilarious joke because the puppy was already dead...

[DeadPoolX 9]

That was really my point, surely the armed services need to address the post traumatic stress syndrome that may be what leads people to these types of behaviours? Of course, one could think it's one hilarious joke because the puppy was already dead...

PH, don't be silly. Our fighting men and women are too tough to get something like PTSD. That's only for wussies.

[JVKn'CVO 11]

Saludos,

Caro

[MissStacey 1]

There is no way I'm looking at that link.

I'm going to go kiss and love on my puppy for a while.

[Caladan 19]

I think you'd have to be psychotic to do something like that.

Just a reaction to the stress of combat, most likely. People get fascinated by macabre things (and this isn't the first report like this out of a war zone); one hopes they get the mental health treatment they need before they get back into society.

[Alex+R 0]

I really wish our military would take better care of the soldiers' mental health. There are also videos out there of people torturing civilians in front of their families, and one of a guy killing a civilian's dog in front of the guy, just for fun.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I think you'd have to be psychotic to do something like that.

Just a reaction to the stress of combat, most likely. People get fascinated by macabre things (and this isn't the first report like this out of a war zone); one hopes they get the mental health treatment they need before they get back into society.

Perhaps - but does PTSD make people do violent and sadistic things? I'm not so sure (meaning I don't really know).

I do wonder how good the army is at weeding out people with damaged psychologies at recruitment. Some of the stuff you hear about, if indeed true, raises a question about whether those people went crazy from the stress of the job, or had some sort of tendency in that direction beforehand.

[Peikko 1,575]

Good point.

[Caladan 19]

I think you'd have to be psychotic to do something like that.

Just a reaction to the stress of combat, most likely. People get fascinated by macabre things (and this isn't the first report like this out of a war zone); one hopes they get the mental health treatment they need before they get back into society.

Perhaps - but does PTSD make people do violent and sadistic things? I'm not so sure (meaning I don't really know).

I do wonder how good the army is at weeding out people with damaged psychologies at recruitment. Some of the stuff you hear about, if indeed true, raises a question about whether those people went crazy from the stress of the job, or had some sort of tendency in that direction beforehand.

Trauma messes people; the mind does whatever it can to try to make itself sane. Little kids in the concentration camps reportedly played games called 'going to the gas chamber.'

As to whether the soldiers were sick before, hard to say. Lots of mental illnesses first present in one's late teens & early 20s, and lots of them can be exacerbated by stress.

Poor guy. Poor dog.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I think you'd have to be psychotic to do something like that.

Just a reaction to the stress of combat, most likely. People get fascinated by macabre things (and this isn't the first report like this out of a war zone); one hopes they get the mental health treatment they need before they get back into society.

Perhaps - but does PTSD make people do violent and sadistic things? I'm not so sure (meaning I don't really know).

I do wonder how good the army is at weeding out people with damaged psychologies at recruitment. Some of the stuff you hear about, if indeed true, raises a question about whether those people went crazy from the stress of the job, or had some sort of tendency in that direction beforehand.

Trauma messes people; the mind does whatever it can to try to make itself sane. Little kids in the concentration camps reportedly played games called 'going to the gas chamber.'

As to whether the soldiers were sick before, hard to say. Lots of mental illnesses first present in one's late teens & early 20s, and lots of them can be exacerbated by stress.

Poor guy. Poor dog.

True - but then you have things like Abu Ghraib. Its hard to argue that that was caused by stress-induced mental illness. The people were, for the lack of a better word, simply evil.

[Jon-n-Michelle 0]

A dead puppy is nothing, after you have picked up pieces of your dead buddy, that slept in the bunk next to you. He was blowing off some pent up aggression. Anybody thats had the displeasure of being in a situation like that will probably know what I mean.

[Heracles 417]

Wow. Things only get worse. I hope these idiots realize this tarnishes the US army's reputation.

My ### these guys are suffering battle fatigue / stress. Corporal punishment is needed to rectify this.

Edited March 6, 2008 by Boo-Yah!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

A dead puppy is nothing, after you have picked up pieces of your dead buddy, that slept in the bunk next to you. He was blowing off some pent up aggression. Anybody thats had the displeasure of being in a situation like that will probably know what I mean.

I think any psychiatrist will tell you that that isn't a healthy way of dealing with aggression. Going twelve rounds with a punch-bag in your basement is one thing, but killing or messing with dead animals is batshit, however you look at it. Especially when you have it filmed and uploaded to the internet - that's not about relieving stress, its very deliberate.

[Peikko 1,575]

A dead puppy is nothing, after you have picked up pieces of your dead buddy, that slept in the bunk next to you. He was blowing off some pent up aggression. Anybody thats had the displeasure of being in a situation like that will probably know what I mean.

Are you suggesting that pent up agression is something that can only be addressed by abusing another living thing? Clearly the armed forces have a lot of problems that need addressing if this is a common perception.