I downloaded it last night and my g/f was curious. I started playing it and watched them read their speech and the anticipation alone freaked her out. She went to bed and pleaded me not to watch it and she started crying. I don't blame her. I watched it this morning and it's distutbingly real...it's just too real and unlike Daniel Pearl, Nick was alive when he was being eviscerated and that just made it horrific. Society hasn't conditioned us for this type of reality, which is why I have to agree with the idea that "hey, this happens even here...we just don't see it". Do we have to? Well there's that part in all of us, a sort of taboo sensor(if you catch my drift) that tells us we have an opportunity to view/taste/listen something without harming ourselves. I dont however agree with imposing the video on others, especially 8th graders.
