Read back up the thread, Hope.
Many posters on this thread would do exactly that. FR has a dark underbelly with this kind of thing. Thankfully, only a handful of Freepers have signed up for it, but there are some here for whom this kind of thread brings out their torture/murder fantasies in the same way a Britney Spears thread might be bring out their sexual fantasies. It's sick stuff, it's wrong, and it has to be confronted. I'm quite surprised that a poster of your stature is on their side, but like Piasa above, a few Freepers have taken leave of their commonsense since 911.
"the same way a Britney Spears thread might be bring out their sexual fantasies."
That's called projection. It happens when shallow minds talk [or in this case type] too much.
I am not on anyone's side, I am just making a point with regards to what separates the mainstream American from Al Qaeda.