From The Progressive
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Dated Wednesday June 23
A New Low for Nihilism
By Matthew Rothschild
I was away from home with my son when I heard the news about Paul Johnson's decapitation at the hands of Islamic terrorists. Though Sam is almost 18, I was not anxious to have him deal with such horror.
And then, just four days later, the news came that terrorists had followed through on their next hideous threat and had beheaded Kim Sun Il, the South Korean interpreter who was working for company supplying goods to the American military.
I suppose it's no use trying to shield Sam, or my two younger kids, from the ghastliness that is going on in the world, but it's sure hard to explain the kind of mentality that would engage in such brutality.
These summary executions of civilians, on film, mark a new low in the nihilistic glorification of violence.
Rothschild is, as always, short, sweet and to the point.