Posted by Jurassosaurus [63.184.16.27 - sdn-ap-003caburbP0027.dialsprint.net] on 01 June 2004 at 17.48.44 ZuluTime:

In Reply to: Uh, can you spell something out for me? posted by MondoHebe on 30 May 2004 at 19.50.28 ZuluTime:

I'm pretty much in agreement with Morphia on this one. I do think that some (if not many) of the claims that topplerummy made were dubious at best. One of the downsides to finding flaws in politically charged videos is that every conspiracy nut in the world is ready to jump up and say it's a hoax, or elaborate coverup.

With that in mind, I think the statement that Berg was dead prior to the beheading is pretty valid. Exactly what this implies is open for debate.

The observations that all these guys had white (pale, at least) hands is also interesting. I've seen the video and I can certainly agree that the time jumps are very strange. At the very least, these guys did do some fairly heavy editing prior to the video's release. The guy holding the head at the end does change as well.

Again, what all this means is open for debate. I will say this though, if this was a hoax, then it was an incredibly badly done one. Many of the video problems that topplerummy mentioned, could have been easily avoided (e.g. turning off the time display). It almost comes off as being intentionally incompetent.