I tried watching the 'Berg Beheading Video' a couple days ago. I couldn't finish it. I got maybe 40 or 50% of the way through and simply couldn't stomach any more.
That's the first time I've ever had that problem (if you could call it a 'problem'). I can remember the days when I'd watch Faces of Death with friends and laugh hysterically. I can remember falling into a trance-like state of amusement watching people mutilate themselves in Shocking Asia.
But I can't watch the 'Berg Video'. I even tried a second time; didn't even get as far as I did on my first attempt.
It's not the visuals that prevent me, I think it's the audio. Listening to a man gurgle and gag on the blood percolating in his own exposed throat whilst fully conscious... ugh. I just can't.
I used to laugh at how squeemish the adults were, and I suppose I held what I perceived as their 'weakness' in contempt. I don't know whether to feel ashamed at the disregard I had for human life as a child, or try and rekindle the flame of indifference.
There's no point, or moral, to this post, which I suppose makes for an apt analogy to what's going on in Iraq.