How would YOU have executed Saddam?

[oldman420]

I do not condone murder, period, even of Saddam Hussein.

 

[Azndude2190]

Originally posted by: oldman420
I do not condone murder, period, even of Saddam Hussein.

Same


But just I thought what would it be considered if he was thrown into outerspace?:laugh:

 

[aidanjm]

it makes a mockery of the concept of universal human rights. it doesn't strengthen the rule of law, because there is no sense Saddam got a fair trial. He should have been packed off to Europe, tried in an international court for all of his crimes, then sentenced to life imprisonment. from the USA public relations point of view, it was good to have him executed as quickly as possible, that way there won't be a sustained examination of USA/ CIA support for Saddam's brutality over previous decades.

the nature of his execution was a human rights outrage. the taunting, the men hidden in masks - if what you are doing is the right thing, take the fvcking masks off and show your face, cowards. this is everything that is deplorable in human nature. this is really no better than what Saddam himself did. just another torture-execution in a brutal society that has no respect for human rights.

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: loki8481
I do not condone murder, period, even of Saddam Hussein.

 

[aidanjm]

George W. Bush's description of this barbaric torture-execution as "bringing [Saddam] to justice" is so incredibly laughable. That kind of execution has nothing to do with justice.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: aidanjm
George W. Bush's description of this barbaric torture-execution as "bringing [Saddam] to justice" is so incredibly laughable. That kind of execution has nothing to do with justice.

How is hanging a "barbaric torture-execution"?? Done properly, it's faster and less painful than lethal injection. The men in masks are not hiding, it is a traditional symbolic representation that it is not they as individuals who are carrying out the task, but that they act on behalf of the sovereign law and people.
You got some serious issues, pal. Given Saddam's brutality, which you yourself admit, I don't see how you can complain that his legal execution was a violation of human rights.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: aidanjm
George W. Bush's description of this barbaric torture-execution as "bringing [Saddam] to justice" is so incredibly laughable. That kind of execution has nothing to do with justice.

How is hanging a "barbaric torture-execution"?? Done properly, it's faster and less painful than lethal injection. The men in masks are not hiding, it is a traditional symbolic representation that it is not they as individuals who are carrying out the task, but that they act on behalf of the sovereign law and people.

rubbish. the men in masks are hiding. it is because they are snivelling cowards.

Originally posted by: Vic
You got some serious issues, pal. Given Saddam's brutality, which you yourself admit, I don't see how you can complain that his legal execution was a violation of human rights.

Saddam Hussein's brutality, and the nature of his crimes, should be irrelevant.

You don't bend the rules "just" because someone happens to be a brutal mass killer.

Just about evey aspect of the guy's trial was a violation of international norms of human rights and legal rights.

Putting someone to death surrounded by hecklers shouting taunts, with masked men doing the dirty deed, is the exact opposite of civlisation.

Hussein should have been brought to trial on all his crimes. Each allegation should have been tested in court. Resources should have been spent to uncover and document the countless lives that were snuffed out. Now we will never know. It is like those people never existed. It is also a travesty that Hussein will not be providing testimony against the USA government and the CIA, etc. without whom he would have been nothing much at all.

 

[ScottMac]

"Each allegation should have been tested in court. Resources should have been spent to uncover and document the countless lives that were snuffed out. Now we will never know"

Nope, we'll know, as long as the media decides to report on it.

Others involved in the specific instances of alleged war crimes have yet to come to trial.
They'll get their day in court, with the same witnesses and evidence that would be used against Saddam. Chances are that most of them will also swing at the end of a rope.

Saddam isn't the first to hang ... they've been hanging convicted capital criminals right along since the people of Iraq ratified their constitution and made it legal (again).

Have you ever been out of the country (assuming you're USA / North American)?
Just curious.