Adding insult to injury September 3, 2014 11:29 AM   Subscribe
In ISIS-style execution videos, the captives make a speech
blaming and condemning the US/West before they are killed. Why?
The statements have obviously been written by the executioners,
not the victims themselves. I'm assuming the victims don't
actually agree with these statements and they only recite them
to avoid torture and/or a more painful death. Can anyone with
insider knowledge confirm this, or give other reasons why the
victims would comply with their executioners' wishes? Do we know
if anyone has ever refused, and did their killers go ahead with
the video anyway, sans speech from the victim? Has anyone ever
deviated from the script s/he was given, and if so, what
happened? posted by désoeuvrée to Human Relations (11 answers
total) 2 users marked this as a favorite These videos are not
broadcast live. If someone deviated from the script, the video
would not be released to the public. It is unlikely that the
video we see is the first tak