Sadam Husseins' execution

[Sooty]

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what dignity and privacy did the millions he killed get..????

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Since when did two wrongs make a right? He is renowned for his barbarity, surely we shouldn't stoop to his level?

 

[PapaFrita]

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Sorry to say it, but I would watch the footage if it was shown over here.

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Bet you can find it on the internet. Wasn't there a beheading (from a distance) shown in Fahrenheit 911?

 

[PapaFrita]

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its not the actual killing that bothers me - I'm just not entirely sure why anyone would actually want to sit down and video it to the publish it online for people to gawp at.

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In Saudi Arabia anyone can go along to public executions. A student of mine once told me his dad took him to one when he was a kid so that he would be aware of the consequence of his actions. It's very much a cultural thing. Arabs believe very strongly in Capital Punishment BUT a man can be pardoned by the family against whom the crime was committed.

 

[YorksG]

The problem with the death penalty for Saddam Hussain, to me is where do we draw the line, does it matter, in terms of the death penalty, how many people he was responsible for the death of, one or tousands. I don't aggree with the death penalty at all, and the difference between human execution and the death of an animal is that the human knows full well what is about to happen, watching it seems to devalue us all to me.

 

[Sooty]

Very well said. Yes, that is exactly what it does.

 

[YorksG]

The cultural aspect does exist and it is my understanding that usually the family concerned pardon the offender if blood money is paid, to reflect the loss of income from the victim. This is not a possible resolution in this case, I think. Also the other problem for me with the execution of SH is that this was initiated by western politicians who have been responsible for many thousands of Iraqi deaths.

 

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initiated by western politicians who have been responsible for many thousands of Iraqi deaths.

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Tony Blair and President Bush certainly have a lot of blood on their hands.... I hate that TB is so far up Bush's arse - he should have listened to the country when we said we didn't want to go to war.

 

[belly]

Its strange to think that just 60 years or so ago our society witnessed hanging as part of our punishment system!!
Personally I sit on the fence a little here as at first I was "yeh hang the barstard" but now its done I find it all quite eerie and a little sad....not for him personally you understand!!

Imagine being an executioner....doesn't it make them as guilty as the accused???

 

[sleepingdragon10]

Have to say my thinking would be similar to yours...ie:hang the b*stard......yet when I heard the news in the early hours that it had taken place I felt rather sick.

 

[Meganrose]

Did he have any remorse at the end? Wonder if he felt any shame for all he did? Don't think they should show it here and wonder what TB really thinks. GB no doubt will say something profound - NOT!

 

[Enfys]

I've just watched the video of the noose being put around his neck and him being led over the trap door...........quite honestly it made me feel sick.

How I would feel if it had been my friends or relatives he had ordered tortured and murdered is another thing.

 

[Tia]

I think we are placing Western Values on a situation that we find difficult to comprehend. The Death Penalty is merely yet another cultural difference.

 

[kirstyfk]

Not that long ago in Britain people would be out in the streets watching a public execution for entertainment. It may seem to wrong to use to to others its their way of doing things.

 

[eahotson]

While I don't agree with the death sentence per se I have to say Iraq is in a very different situation to the west. I think of the execution of the war criminals after the second world war. People had lost loved ones and homes and of course there is the suffering of the Jewish population.An end had to be drawn and perhaps holding a small number of people to account (i.e they were hung) helped in some small way.

 

[twinnieolz]

Ewwww thats not veyr ncie to show but glad he is going to get hung as he deserves what he did to lots ofothers.

 

[madgirl]

dont mind if it is filoemed or not but dad has been workiing for the ministry of defence and i know they all think it is thwe worst thing to do not just because he needs to suffer bur because of his followers!

 

[fizz-tally]

all hell will break loose now,lots more inoccent lifes are going to be lost,they should never of hung him imo

 

[SusieJane]

I think they've just created another "martyr" for the cause.

and for the next few years we'll get anniversary suicide bombers 'celebrating'.

Bush & Blair are more sadistic, dictorial and bloodthirsty than many other leaders of the world.

 

[Rhodey]

Thank god he's gone, he was a tyrant and a bully on a massive scale and deserved to die. At least there justice system knows how to punish murderers. In this country there are paedophiles and murderers and rpaists in this country that need hangin but there not.

 

[Rhodey]

BTW ive tried watching the full video but cant find it, it stops when they put the noose round his neck. If anyone has watched the full video spend me the link lol.

 

[madgirl]

ditto

 

[tw1nn1ejo]

Me too please

 

[Puppy]

Goodness, half of you asking for the link are children, why on earth do you want to see someone dying?!

 

[tw1nn1ejo]

I guess because we are young teenagers that are curious.

 

[weevil]

Well quite. I have absolutely no desire to watch anyone die like that.

 

[ladylisa]

Must admit i have seen the full video and its not nice at all. And did choose to watch it.

 

[mrgoop]

Lady lisa u naughty girl.. i seen it too. Gruesome!!

 

[AtiraApps]

Well l think ALL murderers like him should be hung.....or killed off anyway!
Why waste money keeping the bastards alive?
Espechially child murderers like Ian Huntley....oh..dont get me going......get rid of em all is what l say!

 

[TiaPony]

ok, i confess. last nite as the drinks were flowing and me and my merry friends were chatting, we decided to try and find the whole video of the hanging. yes we did find it, and it was a bit disturbing. luckily drink took over and no nightmares surfaced!
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[tw1nn1ejo]

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Well l think ALL murderers like him should be hung.....or killed off anyway!
Why waste money keeping the bastards alive?
Espechially child murderers like Ian Huntley....oh..dont get me going......get rid of em all is what l say!

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I def agree with you!! This world is so full of violence, death, and horrible things it's actually scary to think about! All these people deserve to be severly punished.