Originally Posted by Starman
Originally Posted by Raspy
Beheadings were typical in the early days by all religions.
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The British still had a policy of beheading during the Malayan Emergency of the 1950s.
The head of the British Crown is also the head of the Church of England and troops
sign up in their contract to serve the Crown...Of course the British denied such allegations
until irrefutable evidence surfaced , then they defended beheadings as a necessary policy.

The current oath of allegiance:

"I swear by almighty God that I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance
to his Majesty King Charles III, his heirs and successors, and that I will
as in duty bound, honestly and faithfully defend his Majesty, his heirs
and successors in person, crown and dignity, against all enemies, and
will observe and obey all orders of His Majesty, his heirs and successors
and the generals and officers set over me."

Interesting info below....

Alex Vostox, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, 5 years ago

If anyone ask "Why carrying the Communist corpse or chopping their head?" That answer is for intelligence purpose. The Malayan Communist Party member mainly consisted of local Chinese (They assume the situation of Communist China victory against Kuomintang can be copying in Malaya) and got ties with triads / secret society. Any intelligence collected by troops on the ground is important for Malayan Special Branch and Army Intelligence. The practice of chopping the communist terrorist head also for the same reason. You don't wan't to carrying a heavy decaying corpse through humid forest and unpredictable Malaya weather, sapping all your energy as you walking out the OP area. At least head is much lighter than whole body. And "Why not just photograph the bodies instead?" The problem is the film cameras at that time cannot handled the rough Malayan weather and environment. Most of the picture above were taken in area closer than deep jungle. Allowed them to be 'saved' much faster.

Illegitimi non carborundum