http://txfx.net/2004/11/23/french-deny-beheadings/ Mark Jaquith's blog about capitalism, freedom, WordPress, the web, and personal topics Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:11:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://txfx.net/2004/11/23/french-deny-beheadings/comment-page-1/#comment-8508 Classical Values :: November 2004 Archives Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:15:38 +0000 http://txfx.net/2004/11/23/french-deny-beheadings/#comment-8508 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] MORE: There's an atrocity video here apparently showing that heads were shot off, not cut off: ....the French are making the point that no one had their head intentionally lopped off... like with a sword. Apparently it doesn't count as a beheading if it is a bullet that releives you of it. In all fairness to the French, shooting off someone's head in combat is not the same thing as deliberately cutting off a prisoner's head with a sword. But should French statements of denial always be accepted on their face? [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] MORE: There’s an atrocity video here apparently showing that heads were shot off, not cut off: ….the French are making the point that no one had their head intentionally lopped off… like with a sword. Apparently it doesn’t count as a beheading if it is a bullet that releives you of it. In all fairness to the French, shooting off someone’s head in combat is not the same thing as deliberately cutting off a prisoner’s head with a sword. But should French statements of denial always be accepted on their face? [...]

]]> http://txfx.net/2004/11/23/french-deny-beheadings/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Serge K. Keller Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:13:24 +0000 http://txfx.net/2004/11/23/french-deny-beheadings/#comment-983 Some <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/37105">expressed doubts</a> about the authenticity of the video, though. (Not a flame, just to complete your info) Some expressed doubts about the authenticity of the video, though. (Not a flame, just to complete your info)

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