"The Spice" ha, that brings back memories. For a long time, right after the movie Dune came out, me and my friends used to call weed "The Spice". Seemed very appropraite. After all, "The Spice Must Flow"

Anyhow, back to the topic of the thread. Unless you've been in a situation where you basically have a target painted on your back, and are constantly on the guard because there are people trying to kill you 24 hrs a day, you really have no right to judge. Ok, maybe the cases of rape and/or deliberate slaughter of obviously innocent people, but these "kids" (they looked early teens to me) were throwing rocks, and doing who knows what else, at the soldiers. It's an agressive act and the soldiers responded. They should be glad they didn't get shot.

Filming the act and taking pleasure in watching the beating is a different story.