Saddam is gone!

[Guitar's Cry]

I am disgusted by people rejoicing in any death

I agree. Whether or not Saddam deserved a hanging, it is still a loss of life, and rejoicing seems...improper.

It won't bring back the thousands of lives he took. Some may take his death as the end of a difficult era, and to them it may be cause for celebration. But there are people here in America and elsewhere who are celebrating - why? Political reasons?

 

[Jaymes]

It saddens me that people have done exactly what he wished for them to do: Make him a martyr.

 

[Buttercup]

But there are people here in America and elsewhere who are celebrating - why? Political reasons?

Many of the people you see celebrating had family members killed by Saddam.

 

[Sunstone]

So far, It's taken about 4,000 American lives and over a half trillion dollars to hang him. That's not counting British lives and wealth. And it's not counting Iraqi lives and wealth.

What a deal.

 

[Buttercup]

So far, It's taken about 4,000 American lives and over a half trillion dollars to hang him.

What a deal!

Yeah, a real bargain for us isn't it?

 

[Jaymes]

-mod note-

This is in the discussion section of the forums; if you'd like to debate capital punishment or Saddam's death, please make another thread.

Carry on!

-mod-

 

[Majikthise]

I just hope he fought all the way to the gallows.

 

[Booko]

Of course, he now thinks of himself as a martyr.

Uh, as a theist, I believe that by now he thinks: Oh, ****!

And if I were an atheist, I would believe he was thinking: <null>

 

[Hope]

I see no reason to feel sorry for Saddam. I'm sure he would only spit in the face of anyone who dared to pity him. I'm sad, yes....sad that he turned out the way he did. He had many a chance to turn from his evil ways, but he chose not to. Had he shown even an ounce of remorse for the horrendous things he did, I might feel more compassion for him.

I'm glad he's gone.

 

[Mr. Hair]

Minutes before 6 AM Saturday Iraqi time (10 PM Friday EST), Saddam Hussein was hung to death.

And so a tragicomic farce of a trial that helped erode the arguments and aims of the coalition to restore a just legal system as the basis of the new Iraqi regime ends.

Though the outcome could never have been conceivably in doubt, and originally I was hopeful for the initiative; the inadequacy of the Iraqi courts to handle a case of this magnitude, the curtailment and denial of legal freedoms recently granted under the new constitution and frequent government posturing on the outcome of the trial have rendered it as little more then a drab failure, to say the least.

An (admittedly understandable) instant or two of euphoria at this resultant blood letting will not change a fig for the daily lives of the vast majority of Iraqi people, nor can it compare to the opportunities squandered to present a poignant and powerful reinforcement of the reasons given for the continuing occupation and rebuilding of Iraq.

Sadly, this trial has not helped the new government to distance itself from the tyranny of Saddam's rule; far from it, it has highlighted that the current government in Baghdad's commitment to human rights and the rule of law remains shallow and that, nearly four years on, in many aspects Iraq and its administration are still no better off.

 

[Buttercup]

Uh, as a theist, I believe that by now he thinks: Oh, ****!

And if I were an atheist, I would believe he was thinking: <null>

What I meant more distinctly is that he declared himself a martyr a few days ago. As an agnostic, I believe he's thinking right now, "Wow, I blew it big time." for I do think our soul lives on.

 

[Sunstone]

The world is better off without him. All the same, there's something sickening about a killing. Any killing.

 

[Mathematician]

CNN reported that families were dancing on his body.

This already went too far. :no:

 

[Booko]

Though the outcome could never have been conceivably in doubt, and originally I was hopeful for the initiative; the inadequacy of the Iraqi courts to handle a case of this magnitude, the curtailment and denial of legal freedoms recently granted under the new constitution and frequent government posturing on the outcome of the trial have rendered it as little more then a drab failure, to say the least.

I always thought that, if ever there were an argument for a change of venue, a trial for Saddam in Iraq was surely a prime example.

 

[Booko]

CNN reported that families were dancing over his body.

This already went too far. :no:

Well, it certainly doesn't add to the world's good karma, or, if you prefer, it doesn't exactly appeal to the better angels of our nature.

 

[standing_alone]

CNN reported that families were dancing over his body.

This already went too far. :no:

I agree. While I don't find it regrettable that he's dead and though strongly opposed to the death penalty, can see it as a "just" end for him, I do find the fact that people show that much outward joy over another human being's death quite shameful. Kind of makes you wonder how much better we are? Sure, we may have not physically killed another human being, but to get that much satisfaction and joy from a killing... Makes me wonder sometimes...

 

[Sunstone]

Get this: A bimbo talk show host just said that the fact Iraqis were happy to see Saddam gone is proof they want our troops in their country.

Are there any remaining objections to my theory that bimbo talk show hosts are genetically modified corn starch?

 

[Booko]

Get this: A bimbo talk show host just said that the fact Iraqis were happy to see Saddam gone is proof they want our troops in their country.

Do they leap through little fiery hoops along with their other leaps of the logic sort?

I must be really jaded by now...I can barely muster a giggle over this one.

Are there any remaining objections to my theory that bimbo talk show hosts are genetically modified corn starch?

I'm allergic to corn, so keep your starch to yourself! And besides, you're off topic! :slap:

<digs for Ms. Love Doll's cellphone # in order to distract Sunstone from further offenses...>

 

[MdmSzdWhtGuy]

You should be feeling more sorry for the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people he tortured and killed. Watch the news tonight...it will remind you.

Not if Anderson Cooper has anything to do with it. He is making me want to retch. He uses this as a platform to spout anti American propaganda at every chance, and on CNN he has many people to help him out. The only one who is telling it like it is, is an Iraqi national, who is not backing down, and is pointing out that Saddam is responsible for the death of 2 MILLION Iraqi's.

Cooper can't go 3 sentences without pointing out that people are still dying in Iraq, and even had the gall to ask this gentleman (the Iraqi mentioned above, whose name I can neither type nor pronounce) whether the Iraqi people are better off now, rather than under Saddam's rule. The Iraqi Ambassador very quickly stated "I can assure you that nobody who said that ever lived in Saddam's Iraq."

Say what you want about WMD's, ties, or not, with al Quaeda, etc. . . . but there can be little doubt that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein in charge of Iraq.

B.

 

[Booko]

Cooper can't go 3 sentences without pointing out that people are still dying in Iraq, and even had the gall to ask this gentleman (the Iraqi mentioned above, whose name I can neither type nor pronounce) whether the Iraqi people are better off now, rather than under Saddam's rule. The Iraqi Ambassador very quickly stated "I can assure you that nobody who said that ever lived in Saddam's Iraq."

Yeah, it was right after that I changed channels. I do have to go to sleep sometime tonight, and irritants are not conducive to sleep. :sarcastic

. . but there can be little doubt that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein in charge of Iraq.

I won't argue with this. :no: