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Saddam executed; Your thoughts?
delalluvia:
I don't oppose the death penalty at all.
Saddam had it coming and this is pure karma catching up with him.
IMO, he got off easy. His many many many victims suffered a lot more than he did.
Saddam's death isn't suppose to 'solve' anything. This is pure punishment for his crimes. And many Iraqis support the execution from all signs. They are the ones who wanted him tried. They got the verdict they knew was correct and the punishment they felt fit the crime. Or at least was acceptable.
Left up to the tribal/street justice, Saddam would have been hanging upside down in front of a gas station a long time ago.
injest:
--- Quote from: wdj on December 30, 2006, 02:19:00 pm ---As you watch the Shiite government hang Saddam in Iraq, remember that the Shiite government hangs gay teenagers next door in Iran.
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yes it is so clear isn't it Delalluvia....so you approve of this?
the point is not whether Saddam 'had it coming' (most Shites also believe these two boys 'had it coming') it is whether we intend to be like him. It strikes me watching the coverage about the things they list as his crimes and as evidence of his inhumanity...they include these: summary and quick executions of opponents (hmmm); his viewing of executions of opponents on video (how many times has it been shown on our tvs??)
--- Quote ---And many Iraqis support the execution from all signs. They are the ones who wanted him tried. They got the verdict they knew was correct and the punishment they felt fit the crime. Or at least was acceptable.
Left up to the tribal/street justice, Saddam would have been hanging upside down in front of a gas station a long time ago
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surely you draw the line at lynching? It is not the majorities opinion that decides what is just...how many blacks and gays have been lynched because of that mindset?
We went into Iraq under false pretenses...whatever you think of Saddam.
Sheriff Roland:
Lynne got it right ...
There are only a handful a countries in the world that still sponsors state executions. Killing is wrong, and Canada ain't the only civilized country in the world ta say so.
As far as our immigration policy... We (Canada) accept(s) about 1/3 of a milion a immigrants here every year - roughly 1% of the current population - one a the reason why we shouldn't have any problems with our old age pension plan. Of course, we too have some illegal "aliens" ...
Lumière:
What the world needs now:
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: injest on December 30, 2006, 04:16:39 pm ---yes it is so clear isn't it Delalluvia....so you approve of this?
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OK, so you're asking, do I believe in capital punishment for EVERYTHING?
Of course not. That's ludicrous. For extreme violent crimes? For sociopaths/psychopaths? Most certainly.
That fits Saddam to a T.
--- Quote ---the point is not whether Saddam 'had it coming' (most Shites also believe these two boys 'had it coming') it is whether we intend to be like him.
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The Iraqi people wanted him tried and approved of his execution. Are you saying that because people want a psychopathic mass murderer executed, punished for his crimes, that makes Joe in the Street exactly the same as Saddam?
People who've probably lived their whole lives in peace never hurt a fly and never want to, are suddenly the same as Saddam?
I don't see how the two can possibly be compared.
--- Quote ---It strikes me watching the coverage about the things they list as his crimes and as evidence of his inhumanity...they include these: summary and quick executions of opponents (hmmm); his viewing of executions of opponents on video (how many times has it been shown on our tvs??)
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Did they also list the outright murders, tortures and gassing of the Kurds? Hmmm.
--- Quote ---surely you draw the line at lynching? It is not the majorities opinion that decides what is just...how many blacks and gays have been lynched because of that mindset?
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Of course I draw the line at lynching. I believe in a justice system. Mine just happens to include captial punishment for extreme violent crimes, which I approve of.
--- Quote ---We went into Iraq under false pretenses...whatever you think of Saddam.
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Yes we did, whatever I think of Saddam.
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