And if we're going to get really picky, I'd lay odds that one could trace the concept of beheading and other ritual mutilation back to polytheist (and monotheist) beliefs that a person who had been mutilated would not be able to find their way to the afterlife. If memory serves, that was one of the reasons behind some of the Indian mutilations, and beheading seems to be something similar. It's possibly something of a collective cultural expression that was later given religious or symbolic meaning...and also a terror method, since family members coming to bury their dead would have been forced to sort through body parts. But that's mostly speculation on my part. We'll need one of our anthropologists to drop in for cultural/social commentary and to correct any errors I might have slipped into the mix.

And Sarajevo, I consider a moron a moron, regardless of race, color, or creed... No one culture has a monopoly on them...some just have better internet access....