Well … I finally did it. And now I’m not sure that I really
wanted to. I have been hearing about these beheadings going on in
Iraq and have been very curious about how they are being done. I
keep hearing on the news that each one is described as “more gruesome”
than the last one. So the videos are out there … I kept
thinking about taking a look.
I once had a friend who travelled to Saudi Arabia. He was in a
market place in some town when he realized a slight panic was arising
in the crowd. Before long people were moving in the direction of
the town center … and then he realized that Saudi “police” were going
to force everyone in the market into the town square. He said
that he was quite worried when this happened … until he realized they
were being push to witness a public execution! He said that a man
appeared on a platform reading the “charges” in Arabic, along with the
criminal and the executioner. The alarming part was that the
execution was by beheading … and they did it in “three strokes” …
not all at once.
With the recent beheadings, I have to admit that curiousity got the
most of me … I ended up going out on the Internet and downloading one
of the videos. I’m somewhat sorry that I did. I would not
suggest to anyone that they do the same.
I am left with a feeling of complete disbelief and disgust. I
could never imagine in this day and age that anyone would be capable or
willing to kill another human in such a gruesome way. It is
utterly disgusting to watch and see a life wasted in this way.
And to imagine that the perpetrators of these acts actually believe
that they are going to be giving any place to participate in the global
community after doing this.
It is a major reality check to remember that these individuals exist
out there in the world. And they are committing these outrageous
acts against follow humans. I do not have any problem with our
government being involved in the brutal realities of what it takes to
exterminate people like this from the earth.
I could never have imagined …