Reality Check On Scandals
Herald Sun Tuesday, June 01, 2004
There's nothing new about intimidating prisoners of war who may have information. Or gloating over the capture of those who have killed your comrades. What's new is publishing snapshots to the world even as it happens, and thereby engaging the normally ignorant majority.
There are many secret evils in the world, and perhaps in this age of mobile phone cameras and such, these evils will be dragged, kicking and screaming, out into the light. And hopefully such exposure will lead to reforms and a better world.
But an irony must be noted here: it is the most advanced nations, with relatively the highest standards of human rights, that will be the main scapegoats for humanity's dirty habits. For it is these societies that have the most technology and the most open media.
Philip O'Carroll