With that, Glenn Reynolds provides a hyperlink to the beheading of Nick Berg.
I mention this not as criticism, but as an observation and a reminder that 9/11 really did change everything. I can't imagine that Glenn would have thought four years ago that he would link to a graphic video of a another man's brutal death so simply.
DOWNDATE: Hmmm, it's not exactly an Instalanche but there needs to be a term for what I am experiencing now. This post is currently generating about 150 hits an hour for people looking for the video of Nick Berg's murder. Sorry folks, but you're at least three clicks away from a real-death snuff film. Alas, I doubt you'll stick around to read anything else.
DOUBLE DOWNDATE: Did I say 150? I meant 400.
FUNDAMENTALY CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY BY ONE RACE TO ANOTHER IS RACISIM , WHICH STEMS FROM FEAR & NARROW MINDEDNESS OF THOSE WHO SPEAK A DIFFERANT LANGUAGE , ARE A DIFFERANT SKIN COLOUR , & WEAR DIFFERANT CLOTHING . THIS ASPECT OF MANS EVOLUTION REMAINS UNCHANGED FROM THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO THOUGH WE REFER TO OUR SELVES AS , { CIVILIZED MAN } , IN THE COLD HARD REALITY OF DAYLIGHT ........THERE IS LESS THAN A HANDFULL WHO GENUINELY ARE INCLINED TO ACCEPT ALL NATIONS .
IT APPEARS WE ARE NOT ALL HUMANS AFTERALL , WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF AFFLUENT CAUCASIANS LOOKING DOWN ON SUBSPECIES WITH LESS FORTUNATE BIRTH-RIGHTS , IN LESS THAN DESIRABLE NEIGHBOUR-HOODS , DRINKING FROM DIRTY WELLS , INSTED OF CONTEMPLATING THEIR COFFEE & GOODFORTUNE AT STARBUCKS WHILE WHATCHING THE EVENTS AND MISSFORTUNES OF THE WORLD UNFOLD ON CNN .
Matt, was I talking to you?
FWIW, grownups don't write with caps lock on. Grownups generally can spell (though admittedly we do have typos from time to time), understand the rudiments of grammer and punctuation, and can carry a coherent thought through a complete sentence, much less a paragraph -- not that you seem to know what a paragraph is either.
Get a life. Or a blog. Whatever.
Gee, I hope Matt's post isn't an example of what passes for critical thinking nowadays.
Posted by: Jon at 01:32 PMJesus what the hell was that.
Anyway... [STARt SPEECH] I must admit I linked to the Berg video, which I have not watched, because -- well, I don't think I need to, and it's not because I'm a big old girl who squeals at the sight of blood. For one thing, I don't need visual aids to get angrier. But I think you are misunderstanding the reason why some people are linking to the thing. It's not out of prurience. (Not always, anyway.)
I don't look at the Icky Abu Ghraib pix either. I don't, however, think that everyone is looking at them to get a squiggly "ooh, aren't we disgusting and let's look at that again to make sure, ewww... fascinating.... thinking of wearing hood and dog-collar for our next moving-in-together anniversary..." feeling. Except the media and the rest of Our Betters Among the So-Called Liberals, of course. [/END SPEECH]
Posted by: Andrea Harris at 10:16 PM