# Alleged James Foley "beheading" video is so incredibly fake. How is anyone buying this bullshit? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 21, 2014, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069 "2014-08-21T07:59:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/381 "2014-08-29T16:18:40Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Hey! EasyPhil is back from the Bürgerbräukeller or Klan rally or whatever hate group he’s been hiding in [since the days he was claiming that Jews were told by the Elders of Zion to avoid the WTC on 9/11!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=137387&page=3) > > What with him back, The Second Stone, and one or two others, we’ve got the start of the SDMB’s very own Stormfront contingent! Maybe they can recreate Krystalnacht by throwing rocks at their monitors. This was a great thread, at some point I was believed to be Amiri Baraka himself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/382 "2014-08-29T16:44:02Z")
This is starting to look a little like trolling. There’s only so many times you can say “Dude, I asked you a one-sentence question, what’s the answer?” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/383 "2014-08-29T16:50:04Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > This is starting to look a little like trolling. “Starting”?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/384 "2014-08-29T16:52:46Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > This is starting to look a little like trolling. There’s only so many times you can say “Dude, I asked you a one-sentence question, what’s the answer?” You’re asking stupid questions, that’s why they aren’t being answered. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/385 "2014-08-29T16:56:04Z")
Sure, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/386 "2014-08-29T17:00:26Z")
> [@EasyPhil](#): > > You’re asking stupid questions, that’s why they aren’t being answered. How is asking you to explain the photo of the beheaded body in the clip stupid? Now the explanations you have offered so far have been extremely stupid, but that doesn’t mean the question is. ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/387 "2014-08-29T17:06:13Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > How is asking you to explain the photo of the beheaded body in the clip stupid? Now the explanations you have offered so far have been extremely stupid, but that doesn’t mean the question is. I’m not providing any more explanations about the photo. Experts have already established that the video was staged. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/388 "2014-08-29T17:08:23Z")
> [@EasyPhil](#): > > I’m not providing any more explanations about the photo. You’re being asked for your opinion, not “explanations.” You offered one theory earlier, and it was unbelievably fucking moronic, so we’re asking if you still hold that opinion. I was also asking if you still hold that unbelievably fucking moronic opinion about September 11th. ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/389 "2014-08-29T17:10:54Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > You’re being asked for your opinion, not “explanations.” You offered one theory earlier, and it was unbelievably fucking moronic, so we’re asking if you still hold that opinion. I was also asking if you still hold that unbelievably fucking moronic opinion about September 11th. What moronic opinion about September 11th? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/390 "2014-08-29T17:12:01Z")
> [@EasyPhil](#): > > What moronic opinion about September 11th? The one I asked you about before - and you acknowledged the question. You’re not even doing this right. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/391 "2014-08-29T17:13:41Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > You’re not even doing this right. No, he’s doing it quite well. “It” being trolling, natch. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/392 "2014-08-29T17:14:27Z")
> [@EasyPhil](#): > > I’m not providing any more explanations about the photo. We may reasonably conclude then, that you have none (aside from your previous idiotic attempts). ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/393 "2014-08-29T17:14:55Z")
> [@Bozuit](#): > > They’re not trying to appear to be professional assassins, but professional terrorists. The image they want to project is people who are competent at doing horrific things. > > My understanding is that a lot of “amateurs” underestimate the effort required in beheading. If you don’t have a decent weapon, you’ll probably end up looking like an idiot if you try to cut someone’s head off. I didn’t see the video, I refuse to subject myself to it, but I have seen people cut thru a coconut with one quick slash of a machete, and do it over and over again all day long. I don’t imagine it would take much mor to slice thru a human neck than thru a coconut. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/394 "2014-08-29T17:15:29Z")
> [@andros](#): > > No, he’s doing it quite well. > > “It” being trolling, natch. If you’re trolling you’re supposed to do stuff to make it less obvious. It’s about maintaining the illusion that you really want to participate in a conversation and will come up with a useful answer if people just ask their questions the right way. He can’t even pull _that_ off. ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/395 "2014-08-29T17:16:00Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The one I asked you about before - and you acknowledged the question. You’re not even doing this right. Your question was stupid and could only be asked by someone who didn’t read that thread. Go read, and then come back and ask questions, or if you it interests you that much, start a pit thread about it. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/396 "2014-08-29T17:16:19Z")
Oh, I dunno…he’s still getting a response. For a while. ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/397 "2014-08-29T17:18:05Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > If you’re trolling you’re supposed to do stuff to make it less obvious. It’s about maintaining the illusion that you really want to participate in a conversation and will come up with a useful answer if people just ask their questions the right way. He can’t even pull _that_ off. This would describe your actions in thread perfectly **Marley23**. Perhaps it’s a Brooklyn thing? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/398 "2014-08-29T17:20:30Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Oh, I dunno…he’s still getting a response. For a while. Yeah, but you can’t even successfully irritate people if you don’t execute your strategy right. You can defend an incredibly stupid theory or you can ignore questions, for example. If you jump back and forth between the two and keep forgetting to ignore the questions, you just look like a moron. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/399 "2014-08-29T17:25:05Z")
> [@EasyPhil](#): > > What moronic opinion about September 11th? Y’know, your replies are supposed to make you look _less_ stupid, not more so. ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069/400 "2014-08-29T17:27:37Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Y’know, your replies are supposed to make you look _less_ stupid, not more so. I was just getting ready to say that about your replies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-james-foley-beheading-video-is-so-incredibly-fake-how-is-anyone-buying-this-bullshit/696069.md?page=21)