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Originally Posted by Canada 02
off topic sociological question: is this "shocking" because an innocent man was killed, or because of the way he was killed? In other words, if he was just stabbed to death instead of the subsequent decapitation, would this be as shocking or newsworthy?
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I think most of the shock comes from this apparently being a random act. It's being reported that the killer didn't know the victim. The decapitating part just added to the gruesomeness (is that even a word?) of the whole ordeal.