Back at Heathrow early this morning, trying to get on the first flight to JFK. So far, they won't even let me check my luggage after standing on line for nearly a half hour. Conveniently there is a Caffe Nero adjacent to the Delta counter, so I grabbed a double espresso and a chocolate croissant, and luckily was able to access some free wi-fi. The time difference is really a bummer as far as blog checking goes-- everyone in the states is fast asleep, so no new updates. However, cnn.com was able to provide me with my first disturbing news item of the day.
Apparently, a 35 year old Greek man has been arrested after beheading his wife and parading around town displaying his carnage. I can't help but wonder if this horrific act is somehow the latest trend in grisly homicide. Only last week was a young man attacked on a bus in Canada; in Brazil a girl's "torso" was stuffed into a suitcase; and now this. Has this type of thing been going on forever, and only now does the media sensationalize the gory details of hacking someone's head off? Does it no longer suffice to simply to the deed, to kill someone quickly, clean with a gunshot or a few stab wounds? I wonder, what would it actually take to saw through someone's throat, spine, neck? What could possibly run through the mind, and at what point would the attacker contemplate giving up, only then to forge ahead?
I feel faint at the sight of a deep paper cut, but my stomach won't stop turning at the mere thought of this bullshit. Life is fucked up enough to not have to read stories about beheading over morning coffee.
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