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To: Maigrey; dennisw; SJackson; MeekOneGOP; FBD; Smartass; devolve; Diogenesis; Sidebar Moderator
Does showing the beheading pics unwittingly play right into the hands of Al Q by giving them wide exposure over the web?

Think about it.

Is it worth it? Does it do more harm than good to show them?

tnx!

240 posted on 06/22/2004 10:32:22 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (Ronald Reagan to Islamic Terrorism: YOU CAN RUN - BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE!)
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To: Happy2BMe
Does showing the beheading pics unwittingly play right into the hands of Al Q by giving them wide exposure over the web?...Think about it...Is it worth it? Does it do more harm than good to show them?...tnx!

I could live without them, or just the links, but I don't think it plays into al Qaidas hands. They distribute them to arouse their supporters, it's a positive image. Seeing them here has the opposite effect, it arouses our indignation against al Qaida. Though mutilating bodies has been going on for years in that region, most people here aren't aware of the nature of our enemy. It's not so bad they're exposed to it.

426 posted on 06/22/2004 11:29:22 AM PDT by SJackson (They're not Americans. They're just journalists, Col George Connell, USMC)
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To: Happy2BMe
The creatures that did this are not human .....

461 posted on 06/22/2004 11:43:04 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (Call me the Will Rogers voter: I never met a Democrat I didn't like - to vote OUT OF POWER !)
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To: Happy2BMe; MeekOneGOP


Personaly, I've seen enough beheading photos, and I think it is somewhat disrespectful to the victims families.

Having said that, I'm getting a little tired of the liberal media trying to soften this terrible murder with the headline:

"Militants execute South Korean"

#1 The term "Militant" seems to be an attempt to give terrorists some legitimacy, which they don't deserve, they are ugly cowards.

#2- The term "execution" would seem to give the crime they commited legitimacy as well; as if this poor guy comitted some crime!

Why is the liberal media playing with words like this??? Ah never mind, it was a rhetorical question...


804 posted on 06/22/2004 4:52:27 PM PDT by FBD (...Please press 2 for English...for Espanol, please stay on the line...)
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