Wolfgang: Ah, you're right that no-one on this thread has called a race (your definition or mine) "subhuman." Thanks for the correction. However, I still feel that the use of the word to describe "the enemy" is dangerous and Nazi-like, and especially so coming from right-wingers. All I originally suggested to DougR was that this statement was out of character for him, and that he should perhaps reconsider his choice of words.

Big Mick: Where has anyone said that the kid deserved to die? (Excellent points, otherwise, though, especially about the motivations of "terrorists.") Since it was me who first brought up the word "profiteer," I assume that I'm the source of the confusion. If so, know that my initial statement should be read as "no-one, even parasitic war profiteers, should die such a horrible death." Which is pretty much the opposite of "he deserved to die."

Martin Gibson: Heh, I'd be able to take you more seriously if I didn't "hear" your posts with the voice of an outraged Jerry Stiller. Relax. I didn't "deny the Holocaust." I just told you to stop whining about it to gain sympathy and "score points." That's an incredibly cheap way of trying to win an argument, especially for a Jew. Speaking of Jews, where did I express any hatred for them? I mean, if you're going to accuse me of something, be accurate, as I was when I called you a racist. Don't just pull crazy shit out of your ass.

So, about the gaps in the video... I haven't actually viewed the video, so anyone who has (Jim McCallan, for instance): is Berg actually moving/screaming, obviously alive during the actual beheading? Or was he perhaps dead before the beheading?

And thanks, gargoyle, for indirectly reminding me that I'm out of kimchi. I'll pick some up this afternoon.

---Lepus Rex