An ex-soldier with experience of SAS snatch squads during the first Gulf War said the images of highly trained troops beating defenceless teenagers filled him with revulsion. Others, including politicians, echoed those thoughts. Talk about young people's reactions. Were they shocked and sickened by the violence?
The newspaper headline referred to a "handful of thugs" in an "army of heroes". Do young people agree that these soldiers were a few "bad apples"?
Discuss whether their behaviour is an inevitable part of the brutality of modern warfare.
The home video was also accompanied by a commentary by an observer. Might it have been different if no-one was heard encouraging and enjoying the violence?
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