Reply #7: I came across a post here a few weeks ago about how watching

[Kierkegaard]

one of the decapitation videos would irreversibly change you. I have to agree.

Let me just say that I am not one to be queasy about anything. I'm the type who can eat a sandwich during an autopsy.

When Daniel Pearle was murdered, I made the mistake of seeking out and watching the video. I cannot begin to describe what I felt. It was the most gut-wrenching thing I've even experienced. It gave me nightmares well afterward and I'm certain that I will never fully get over it.

I think what I find so hard to reconcile is not the act itself, but that someone would be willing to carry it out. The complete lack of humanity is so unsettling...