tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post5128503570708384481..comments2023-10-14T23:56:22.016-10:00Comments on Reflecting Light: The man wearing black is looking at youRick Darbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-47167583377467464892014-08-25T13:47:06.341-10:002014-08-25T13:47:06.341-10:00YIH,
I have avoided looking at the video of the e...YIH,<br /><br />I have avoided looking at the video of the execution -- even imagining it is too much for me. So I have no opinion as to whether it is authentic or staged.<br /><br />But let's suppose it <i>is</i> a theatrical production designed to spread fear (and, presumably, the poor sod was killed privately). What kind of debased people would simulate such a thing and broadcast it on the Internet?<br /><br />Maybe it's less surprising that death by beheading would occur in the Middle East than in "civilized" countries such as Germany and France. But at least in France and even Nazi Germany (as with Sophie Scholl and The White Rose), there was the formality of a trial, a bow to the rule of law.Rick Darbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-86701356413784345292014-08-25T13:09:45.800-10:002014-08-25T13:09:45.800-10:00When I first heard of this it was ''Ok, I ...When I first heard of this it was ''Ok, I saw the Daniel Pearl video and I'd just as soon not see it again, thank you very much''.<br />But now apparently it seems <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/us-journalist-james-foleys-beheading-video-was-staged-forensic-experts/articleshow/40866890.cms" rel="nofollow">it's fake</a>.<br />First, (unlike Daniel Pearl) the actual decapitation <i>is not shown</i>! It 'cuts away' right after knife hits neck.<br />Second, look at the knife, it's rather small for such a task, it appears to be about an 8 inch long dagger. Not the right tool for the job.<br />Third, [caution: graphic] <a href="http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/beheadedcprdoll.html" rel="nofollow">in the final shot post-cutaway</a> it's a very clean sever, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine" rel="nofollow">like the French used to do routinely</a>.<br />Fourth, <i>it's too well-produced</i>; multi-camera, HD video, properly miked, and edited post-production. Not exactly ''islam's stupidest home videos'', more like a student holding up a skull and saying ''Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him well'' ;)<br />YIHnoreply@blogger.com