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I'm sorry, but I can't sit still when some shit like this begins to happen. I don't post much, but I just MUST speak up when something like this happens. First off, a message to all of you... you go on bitching an moaning about the petty little shit that goes on in your life, when instead, you all should be fucking happy to be alive! I know I may sound hypocritical as I've gone through depression myself, but I feel that something is seriously wrong when I read a bunch of pointless entries after the brutal murder of Nicholas Berg. Yes, I'll admit that the mistreating of the prisoners is wrong. Yes, I think that whoever was in charge needs to be stripped naked and humiliated the same way he ordered his soldiers to do to the Iraqis. But beheading an innocent man simply because he's American is fucking barbaric. That shit is sickening. For those who are too fucking concerned with their own lives to watch news, Nicholas Berg is a man who went to Iraq to help "rebuild its infrastructure" (whatever that means). He was told that Iraq may be too dangerous and was offered a flight home. Many say that he should have taken the flight, but "hindsight is 20/20". Well, after seeing the mistreatment of the Iraqi prisoners, a gang of five men kidnapped Nicholas Berg and put him into a small yellow room with a camera in it. They had a whole speech written out and read it out to the camera. It basically said that what they were about to do was to avenge the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. At that point, one of the men pulls out a large knife and viciously saws at Nicholas Berg's neck as his last few screams fill the room. About halfway through, Nicholas Berg falls silent as the kidnappers continue sawing at his head until it is completely off. Then, to add insult to injury, they fucking hold Berg's head up to the camera and put the video on an Arab website. This is entirely too much. This is getting WAY out of hand. My deepest condolences go out to his family as I can't even imagine what kind of trauma they must be going through. Imagine your son, your brother, your cousin, your nephew, your best friend... on the news as they show the brutal scene up until the point where the blade is about to touch Nicholas Berg's neck. Call me sick, call me curious, call me sadistic... whatever, but I felt I had to see what happened and it's NOT in the least bit a pretty sight to see. It made me cringe, I was sick to my stomach, but I was able to watch most of it. It's sad to see this war get so out of hand. What's even sadder is how people don't seem to be concerned with it in the least. I was happy to have heard two tributes to Nicholas Berg throughout my school day. I don't know... I just feel like people are kind of "la dee da" with this situation. If you're brave enough and have Kazaa, I suggest you download the file and see exactly what triggered all the anger of this entry.
Rest In Peace
Rest In Peace