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Old 12-07-2008, 05:51 AM
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I hate to make my first post a RO thread, but I'm depressed as hell after I was tricked into watching this terribly sad video of some psychos killing a man in Ukraine. Here's a short news article about it (SFW) :
http://www4.mignews.com.ua/en/articles/305458.html

The video itself can be found over at theync(google it) by typing the words Strongest Possible Warning into the search box at the site--should be first vid.

But for those that don't like to watch disturbing-as-hell videos, it basically boils down to mobile phone footage of some guys beating a bum or street person of some sort, to death. They use a toy squirt gun to bash his face into a red blob, then one of them scrambles his brains through an eye and finishes him off with a hammer. They take their time.

This is so sick and I feel like a wimp for posting a boo-hoo thread about a sick internet video(of which there are thousands) but damn. Why do people have to be so fucked up?

Anyone else been so deeply affected by an internet vid?
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Old 12-07-2008, 10:23 AM
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Anyone else been so deeply affected by an internet vid?
There was one I saw of what was described as a Chechnyan soldier sawing through the throat of a Russian soldier with a large knife. His gurgling scream was the worst.
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Old 12-07-2008, 11:21 AM
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Be happy that the perpetrators have (apparently) been brought to justice, and try not to think about it.

I'm not watching the fucking video myself, though.
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Old 12-08-2008, 10:16 AM
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I once watched one of those beheading videos.A contractor for the US in Iraq I believe it was. The didn't even use a sword. I've experienced a lot of violence in my life but that brought tears to my eyes. The amount of hate and anger that it takes to do that I can barely imagine.

Absolutely fucking savage.
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Old 12-08-2008, 11:05 AM
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I didn't even watch the Daniel Pearl video (which may be the video Omegaman is referring to), but my dad wanted to see it so I queued it up for him and left the room.

It was the first time I'd ever been upset that we lived in a small house. I could not escape the sound of the video. It was truly, truly gut-wrenching.

Funny thing is, I've seen that sort of thing in movies and it's no big deal. But once it's real life...man, it's a totally different thing.
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Old 12-08-2008, 11:14 AM
Larry Borgia Larry Borgia is offline
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I actually met Daniel Pearl a couple of times. He played in an amateur bluegrass band that did open mikes at this bar I hung out at occaisionly.

I can't get my head around that level of brutality.
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