Moral fatigue

NZPundit thinks that Abu Ghraib is "a storm in a teacup", and "will be news history in a week or two". While I disagree vehmently on the first - this is fucking torture, for fuck's sake! - I have a nasty feeling that he may be right on the second. Why? Moral fatigue.

There's only so much of this people can take. While the initial reaction is one of burning outrage, wading through this sewer, reading report after report of torture, humiliation, and abuse, replaces that with just a dull, sick feeling. You just don't want to read it any more. Easier to just send money to Amnesty International and let them worry about it.