[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

No one on this thread should be rejoicing. If he killed him in self-defense, fine. A beheading is not self-defense. This is shameful.

It's a pre-emptive tactic to defend against future beheadings and abuse of Christians. You should be cheering this.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

I agree that it can be a defensive measure to teach an evil enemy that their outrages can be repaid in kind. Some Nazis thought Dresden was beyond measured retaliation. But I’m pretty sure Chrurchill’s response would have been, “You should have left Coventry alone.”