Interesting - but I fail to see how your lengthy argument refutes the point that " it's a big world of beheading out there - ain't just an Islamic fundi thing - it's a 'terrorist propaganda' and 'criminal' and 'theological fundi' thing - always has been."
Perhaps I should also point out that I did choose to leave out the use of beheading as a form of 'legal punishment' by a recognized government as it was of no importance to the thesis.
And so it goes... 
Richard 
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