AkAngel, while I can appreciate the parallels you draw, I don't think the two situations are a fair comparison. Whether good or bad, right or wrong, when people are removed from direct involvement in a situation, like a war, it is much easier for people to accept things they don't necessarily support. In a situation where a person is directly doing something, shocking people, or whatever, they are part of it, not removed-it is something that their actions (or inaction) affect at that moment.