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Dan Carroll
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Message 48 of 67 (304777)
04-17-2006 1:41 PM
Reply to: Message 13 by Buzsaw
04-14-2006 9:42 PM


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Beheadings will emerge as the primary mode of execution!!
China alone executes, at a minimum, 3,400 people per year, all by firing squad. (Amnesty International stresses that this is only the ones for which China is willing to release information, and that the actual number is probably much higher.) This is compared to... what, a handful of beheadings on the news?
You say it's just the beginning, but beheadings aren't even remotely close to the primary mode of execution. You're counting your raptures before they hatch.

"We had survived to turn on the History Channel
And ask our esteemed panel, Why are we alive? And here's how they replied:
You're what happens when two substances collide
And by all accounts you really should have died."
-Andrew Bird

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Dan Carroll
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Message 58 of 67 (304938)
04-18-2006 10:11 AM
Reply to: Message 50 by Buzsaw
04-18-2006 12:02 AM


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You're missing my point that with the emergence of Islam as a threat to world peace, you will likely see more beheadings.
And what I'm saying is that, according to what we see in the world around us, there is nothing to suggest that it will reach the levels stated in your religion.
Could there be a rise in beheadings? Sure. But are you suggesting that a loosely organized handful of terrorist cells will reach the point where their capacity for routine execution outstrips China? Because that would be required for the stated end result, "beheadings will emerge as the primary mode of execution."
I suggest that interested folks do a google on "beheadings on increase."
Okay. The first page that comes up is an Amnesty International page, which refers to the increase in executions in Saudi Arabia. Apparently, it's up to 31 per year, as of 2004.
Feel free to compare this to the number from China in my previous post.
The second page on google is a website called Satan's Rapture. And for directing me to a loon site of that caliber, I thank you.

"We had survived to turn on the History Channel
And ask our esteemed panel, Why are we alive? And here's how they replied:
You're what happens when two substances collide
And by all accounts you really should have died."
-Andrew Bird

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