For those who remain opposed to depicting this savage murder, please respond to the double standard that has been posed on this list. Why are we treated to scenes of carnage such as the servicemen in Somalia being dragged through the streets, but this video cannot be shown? Are you also suggesting that the Somalian video should not be shown as well?
Where do you draw the line?
To encounter our enemies on their turf, we must abandon our complacent "it can't happen to us" worldview. The video is important to depict what Americans are up against.
Watch Jay Leno tonight to get a read on where the "War on Terrorism" stands. It's all jokes about it. Americans do not take this stuff seriously and still view the violence as something that happens to someone else. Why are we going to perpetuate this myth by suddenly developing scruples about when violent images are appropriate?
I don't draw the line ONLY when it is convenient to a utopian. Muslims are being misrepresented as loving, peaceful, no violent folks. This couldn't be more untrue adn why THIS video must be shown.