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Saddam Hussein [message #40177]

Mon, 01 January 2007 16:09

JFR

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Am I alone in thinking that the pictures we have been shown of the death of Saddam Hussein were quite horrifying? What was, in fact, a judicial lynch, was euphemistically described as an execution.

I am against the death penalty, in all circumstances and for all crimes. But some countries do retain this barbaric practice of judicial murder, and in such circumstances it is, hopefully, as the result of the fair trial of a wicked, truly wicked, person (such as Saddam Hussein undoubtedly was).

The manner in which such countries do a person to death teaches nothing about the wickedness of the criminal, but speaks volumes about the moral stature of the system under which he suffers. What happened to Saddam Hussein - or rather, the way it happened - is an indelible stain on the present Iraqi régime. It also shows up the complete incompetence of the American forces in Iraq: they weren't able even to control the decency of an execution performed by their own protégés.

There has only been one other scene in recent weeks that has revolted me more, and that was the sight of three young men hanging by the neck from a rope in a public square in Iran: they were guilty of being suspected of being homosexual.

J F R

The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)

		Saddam Hussein By: JFR on Mon, 01 January 2007 16:09
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: jack on Mon, 01 January 2007 17:00
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		Re: Saddam Hussein By: timmy on Mon, 01 January 2007 18:06
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		Re: Saddam Hussein By: jack on Mon, 01 January 2007 18:36
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: NW on Mon, 01 January 2007 19:08
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: jack on Mon, 01 January 2007 20:06
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: NW on Mon, 01 January 2007 20:43
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: jack on Mon, 01 January 2007 21:19
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: marc on Mon, 01 January 2007 21:48
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: jack on Mon, 01 January 2007 22:27
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: timmy on Mon, 01 January 2007 22:54
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: NW on Mon, 01 January 2007 22:55
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: marc on Tue, 02 January 2007 02:05
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: marc on Mon, 01 January 2007 18:36
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: charlie on Mon, 01 January 2007 19:00
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: kupuna on Tue, 02 January 2007 00:28
		Re: Saddam Hussein By: charlie on Tue, 02 January 2007 14:53
		Overwhelming evidence of guilt ... By: cossie on Wed, 03 January 2007 04:50
		An attempt at a summary. By: cossie on Tue, 02 January 2007 04:31

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