When Is A Viral Video A Bad Idea?

Did anyone see the video or note the controversy surrounding the viral video posted online, showing the brutal violence of two young women (one was a juvenile) towards a transgendered individual, who had stopped to use the restroom at a McDonald's in Baltimore County? Apparently, You Tube removed the video due to its graphic violence and McDonald's went so far as to publish a press release decrying the brutality as unacceptable behavior for any McDonald's customer or employee (the involved employee was fired).



Now, I don't know exactly how badly hurt the victim was, and I did not want to add any sense of approval by viewing the video myself. I just wonder by what depravity anyone would deign to post such a video and then what would possess someone to view it for entertainment (Huh?!). Suffice it to say, it is my belief that no human being, no matter what their shortcomings, characteristics, or issues, deserves to be brutalized and then - adding insult to injury - have a video of the incident readily available for viewing. Come on, people - aren't we all more humane than sinking to such a crass level? (Amen!)