Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!news.mcu.or.jp!mmcatv.co.jp!news.moat.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!prodigy.com!newsmst01a.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr15.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!6baca155!not-for-mail From: "Musashi" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <2vhdhgF2lk17uU1@uni-berlin.de> <2vhdoeF2lp7sjU1@uni-berlin.de> <2vhdq5F2jug3hU1@uni-berlin.de> Subject: Re: Kouda Kun Beheading Video Lines: 81 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.135.52.85 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr15.news.prodigy.com 1100289310 ST000 12.135.52.85 (Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:55:10 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:55:10 EST Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: F[OER\_D]JVUCRLXCZHL^QTDEZXXPGLLEXRZKB]MPXHTEPIB_NVUAH_[BL[\IRKIANGGJBFNJF_DOLSCENSY^U@FRFUEXR@KFXYDBPWBCDQJA@X_DCBHXR[C@\EOKCJLED_SZ@RMWYXYWE_P@\\GOIW^@SYFFSWHFIXMADO@^[ADPRPETLBJ]RDGENSKQQZN Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 19:55:10 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:21815 "Haluk Skywalker" wrote in message = news:2vhdq5F2jug3hU1@uni-berlin.de... > "Haluk Skywalker" , haber iletisinde = =FEunlar=FD=20 > yazd=FD:2vhdoeF2lp7sjU1@uni-berlin.de... > > > > "Haluk Skywalker" , haber iletisinde = =FEunlar=FD=20 > > yazd=FD:2vhdhgF2lk17uU1@uni-berlin.de... > >> "Musashi" , haber iletisinde ?unlar?=20 > >> yazd?:yZskd.27776$Qv5.6556@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com... > >> I heard yesterday from a friend in Tokyo that Japanese > >> web sites which had the Kouda Beheading Video have > >> taken them off under the instructions of the Japanese government, = on the=20 > >> grounds that it is distressing and > >> disrespectful to the surviving family and friends of the victim. > >> Has anyone else heard this? > >> > >> While I certainly agree with the reasoning, if this is true, the = notion=20 > >> that a government of a democratic country can or should do such a = thing=20 > >> disturbs me. After all, Japan is not > >> the =1B$BCf2Z?ML16&OB9q!#=1B(B > >> > >> Normally I'd agree with you. But having seen a similar beheading = video in=20 > >> the past, I now believe it is best that this sort of videos are = censored.=20 > >> It is so inhumanly, I can't begin explaining why it irritated me so = much=20 > >> (and I was grown up among Muslims; I have seen many cattles = slaughtered=20 > >> in similar manner. But it's whole different when the victim is=20 > >> humanbeing). > >> > > > > I dunno what the hell was wrong with my news client, but my message = above=20 > > is mixed with yours. So I repost: > > > > While I certainly agree with the reasoning, if this is true, the = notion=20 > > that > > a government of a democratic country can or should do such a thing=20 > > disturbs > > me. After all, Japan is not > > the =1B$BCf2Z?ML16&OB9q!#=1B(B > > > > Normally I'd agree with you. But having seen a similar beheading = video in > > the past, I now believe it is best that this sort of videos are = censored.=20 > > It > > is so inhumanly, I can't begin explaining why it irritated me so = much (and=20 > > I > > was grown up among Muslims; I have seen many cattles slaughtered in=20 > > similar > > manner. But it's whole different when the victim is humanbeing). > > > > >=20 > Damn... Here: > Normally I'd agree with you. But having seen a similar beheading video = in > the past, I now believe it is best that this sort of videos are = censored. It > is so inhumanly, I can't begin explaining why it irritated me so much = (and I > was grown up among Muslims; I have seen many cattles slaughtered in = similar > manner. But it's whole different when the victim is humanbeing). >=20 When I hear "beheading" I think of a clean single stroke. When I saw the video, it looked more like "butchering" than "beheading".