Comments on: The quest for violent images drives traffic

By: MiklRngr

MiklRngr — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:39:22 +0000

I did a search myself for those same words, and I found you, and I’m glad I did. You had a great separate post on why Foley may have made the statement he did. That’s what I wanted to watch. I agree that seeing the actual beheading is not what people should see and as for myself, I have seen similar and would pass on it. But, sadly, it is something that may need to be seen by many. As Spock said once, in order for good to beat evil, good needs to be very VERY strong.

By: SCOTTtheBADGER

SCOTTtheBADGER — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 03:06:13 +0000

I was once the first officer on scene at a motorcycle accident, where a drunken biker rode is Honda into a brand new tight barbed wire fence. It Vegimaticed him. I do not need to see the Foley video, nor do i want to see it.

By: Juli

Juli — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 01:23:38 +0000

I watched the Daniel Pearl video. That was enough for me.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:28:43 +0000

“once seen it cannot be unseen.”

True, very true.

Once, completely by accident (no pun intended) I looked out my commuter train window as we pulled into our station after a hour long wait. What I saw was the “aftermath” of someone who was hit by the train. Not at all a pretty sight. And I do wish that I had never seen it.

As I walked toward the parking lot I was pulling complete strangers down from their perches (i.e. standing on top of benches, etc) trying to get a better view. Just saying, sorry, but, you do NOT want to see that as I gently tugged them down.

I, for one, do not need to see the actual video of what these savages do to know that they are savages.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:39:14 +0000

A lot of people watch stuff like this and think of themselves in the position of the victim. People like me are forced to think of ourselves as the predator or attacker, because victim habits are not generally considered a high mark for survival chances.

I or we, whatever we means in this context, want to be on the side of the standing, and that often means the user of violence, not the one violence is getting done on.

So flip the chessboard around, and look at how it is done from the viewpoint of the attacker. And I critique it, see how it can be done better, what flaws and weaknesses there are there.

In US military convoys, it’s often less mentally stressful to think attacking rather than how to react to IEDs and ambushes. instead place yourself in the position of the attacker and think to yourself “if I was the enemy, how would I attack the convoy”. Then consider defenses after that.

It helps greatly to learn about the enemy by watching how they do things and then replicating it. Then finding its flaws and improving upon it. It makes for easier contact engagements. Not everyone you face will be acting like people on videos, of course, but they will act a lot more like them than what the Democrat media or Hollywood tells you they will act.

By: parker

parker — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:35:50 +0000

I have no need to watch a jihad beheading to imagine the barbarism of isil. They want lots of hits, it reinforces their desire to commit further acts of barbarism to kowtow ‘infidels’ into submission. Do not feed the barbarians of allah.

By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:35:30 +0000

Google Trends

http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends#pn=p1

currently has James Foley as number one in searches with 1,000,000 + searches.

For some perspective on that number 2 is Niki Minj (who?) Anaconda video at 200,000 +

And then there’s Rick Perry at 50,000 and number 4.

By: Sharon W

Sharon W — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:27:51 +0000

I agree with you on that Carl–one was enough for me too.

By: carl in atlanta

carl in atlanta — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:19:21 +0000

"once seen it cannot be unseen" Bingo. Just speaking for myself, seeing one beheading 12 years ago was enough to last me a lifetime. How many beheadings does one need to see in order to understand that we are facing a truly evil enemy? Each to his/her own, I guess (and Madam Defarge never did get tired of seeing them, did she?).

By: kit

kit — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:17:50 +0000

Ymarsakar,
My hat off to you. That is difficult training. I am glad you are on our side.

And I need to be more clear and accurate with my descriptions.

You are right that good cannot coexist with evil. Evil must be destroyed before it destroys us all.