Saddam Hussein Executed

Death is the worst punishment for a crime. THe person cannot refelct on what they did and try to make amends or ask for forgiveness.

What actually annoys me more than the hanging, is the way the media have reacted.

progismylife wrote: Death is the worst punishment for a crime. THe person cannot refelct on what they did and try to make amends or ask for forgiveness.

Saddam will obviously not reflect on what they did wrong
     

But killing him is the worst offense, because Saddam wants to be killed in order to be a martyr. Killing Saddam is not the solution, it will cause further problems in the future in Iraq and there will no stable government in Iraq, unless the country splits into three.

Or put another dictator like Saddam and va-la, "stability".
    

Edited by King of Loss - December 30 2006 at 15:18

There is something which left this execution and it is: Saddam became a "martyr".

Those he killed had human rights as well. But judging him in the Hague would have been better (the way Milosevic was judged); he didn't deserve that sentence; he deserved to rot in a maximum security prison like Milosevic (who comitted suicide).. There is about 5% of countries that have death sentences (which goes against human rights already established) so this sentence is regressive, IMO

ResidentAlien wrote:    Oh the irony.  It's ok for a Canadian to make a vulgar and offensive statement about my president is it?  But it's not right for me to make a similar statement towards a Canadian?  Give me a break.

Well, Alien, perhaps you'll give me a break in return. Your statement about Canadian mother tongues was presented as if it were fact, with no indication (emoticon, or otherwise) that you were joking, or did not mean what you said.

I don't recall anything about insulting presidents (lousy ones, or otherwise) in our discourse (such as it is) either. I thought you were talking -- in an ignorant fashion -- about Canadian language patterns, in a thread supposedly about the execution of Saddam Hussein. I seem to have been mistaken. Silly me.


Carry on wih your illuminating, informed analysis , please.
    
    

Edited by Peter Rideout - December 30 2006 at 20:57

Alright alright break it up kids

can you imagine,saddam hussein,pinochet and bush together in the paradise or heaven or in the resurrection?the death of saddam is because he is guilty for the death of 148 chiis,pinochet is accused for 3000 death .but in irak bush have the guilty of hundred of thousands deaths

markosherrera wrote: can you imagine,saddam hussein,pinochet and bush together in the paradise or heaven or in the resurrection?the death of saddam is because he is guilty for the death of 148 chiis,pinochet is accused for 3000 death .but in irak bush have the guilty of hundred of thousands deaths

There we go again.

Bloody f**kin' hell...

And besides, Saddam killed 5,000 kurds as well as ordered the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of other people.  Bush has ordered the killing of NO BODY aside from legitimate military targets.  If you serve the army in a time of war, you are a military target.


Edited by ResidentAlien - December 30 2006 at 21:33

Chus wrote: I'm not saying whether you are a believer or not.... I'm just clarifying to people that christianity is not about eye for an eye... the Qu'ram is though, as it is a version of the old testament... and please don't call Jesus a schmuck... nobody is insulting you for being an atheist I suggest you do the same

It wasn't an insult.  I am one of the most accepting atheists you'd ever meet.


Edited by ResidentAlien - December 30 2006 at 21:35

stonebeard wrote: Tuzvihar wrote: stonebeard wrote: Anyone else wish to takle back the past 4 years and have Saddam still in power?   I know I do. Why?   What have we gained in the past 4 years?   1) Horrible reputation. 2) A War that has killed 3,000 US troops and so many more Iraqi civilians 3) A civil war among Iraqis 4) A reason for Islamic extremists to congregate to a focal point where the US presence is closer and easier to kill 5) A distraction from finding Osama bin Laden   This was probably the worst descision in decades.