[danielf]

Originally Posted by punky

I know that things like that normally can go on in the course of trying to do what's best, but I don't think it is the case here. I think it's a few soldiers having a sick joke. I know that in jobs of high stress (police, fire service) sick jokes normally help the people deal with the stress of it all, so some people may forgive them for that, but i'm not so sure... Doing it is one thing, but photographing it for your mates and sharing it round? That's too far. Even if the soldiers were ordered to do it by a superior, i'm sure they wern't ordered to photograph it. Which leads me to an interesting question:

Given the damage caused by the photos, and the trouble it is going to cause for everyone, do you think it is right the press released them?

If you are suggesting it should have been covered up, then I say no. This kind of behaviour is totally unacceptable, and anyone who is in a position where he/she might do something similar in the future should see it does not go unpunished.