To be-head or not to be-head, that is the question.

[Fred Sanders]

Seeing as coalition buddy Saudi Arabia is now joining America in bebombing fellow Sunni Muslims in Iraq and Syria, maybe it is time for America, Senator Kerry perhaps, to suggest to their dictators an end to this barbaric and universally condemned practise. As beheadings are so horrific to delicate American sensibilities shouldn't Saudi Arabia stop their own dozens of beheadings to counteract American angst?

In the space of two weeks last month, according to the rights group Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia executed as many as 22 people. At least eight of those executed were beheaded. It is a consistent pattern of execution by beheadings that is not officially disclosed but closely monitored by Amnesty International.

In the beheading game ISIS has nothing on the Saudis.

How can America possibly be outraged at beheadings when it's war ally beheads people at a rate that puts ISIS to shame?

And Saudi could throw in allowing women to drive for good measure.

[hrmjustin]

1. K&R!

[flamingdem]

2. No. The Saudis use that for capital punishment and it's quick and painless

as opposed to Isis with their small blunt knife meant to cause maximum suffering, and terror. And then there's the US with their "high tech" electric chair and drugs that cause long drawn out death and horror.

Sometimes a beheading is not just a beheading!

[Fred Sanders]

3. Is there evidence they were tortured or killed with the displayed knives? Truly, I do not know, have

not seen a second of any of it.

Decapitation is not so easy as it may seem, if attempted with the wrong instruments, not like a guillotine, death would be from blood loss, a cause of death not uncommon and as uncomfortable as many others, such as, say, having your legs shredded by a 500 lb. laser guided bomb that allowed to you live a few minutes until you bled out.

What violent death is not gruesome?

[flamingdem]

4. I'm sure you've seen a still of Jihadi John with his small sized knife

That's meant to cause max pain. The Saudis use sharp swords.

Not that I'm an expert but I think there's a difference.

Now the Saudis executing someone for sorcery, that's really screwed up!

[Fred Sanders]

5. I saw that. Is there a video of the knife being used?

Saudi Arabia is one screwed up nation, Americas credibility on human rights is shredded being it's ally.

[flamingdem]

6. Yes, it was all over for a while but then taken down from most sites

I'm sure you can find it with good search words.

[Scootaloo]

7. Ah yes, the "It's not barbaric when the allies we've bought do it."

[flamingdem]

9. And what the US does with capital punishment is not barbaric?

?

[Scootaloo]

10. Of course it is

I'm sorry, were you expecting a supporter of the death penalty, perhaps?

[Sopkoviak]

8. You know our allies the French perfected and automated the art of beheading

Although they did quit doing it in public in the late '30's.



As for criticizing the Saudis for it?

Meh.