Well, you've all heard it, the guy's a goner. Not that I respect him in the least, but the fact that he's been hanged kinda makes me cringe. And not only for the fact that is was done immediately before his sacred holiday (I actually think it was done ON the sacred holiday, which is forbidden in thier culture, but I'll reserve that fact for someone more informed than myself). I can only imagine the escalation of violence this will likely bring, especially due to the lack of respect for the religious holiday (for those of you who don't know: The dudes in the middle-east are kinda religious).
I also have to question the type of Democracy we have put in place, if they are out there Hanging people... A tad barbaric if you ask me.
I myself have recently swung to the side of those who oppose the death penalty. Not because I don't believe some criminals deserve to die, and not solely because we aren't always 100% sure we have the right guy (although this is a huge factor, in some cases we are 100% sure). But, did you know it costs several times as much to go through the legal process and then lethally inject a guy than is does to keep him in a cell for the rest of his life?
I'm not deminishing the value of a human life to a dollar value, all I'm saying is 'What's the point'?
While we're on the topic, I also believe these inmates should be out there working to pay for the cost of the prisons & police. It'd take some work, but I'm sure we could develop a system that would prevent them from escaping. Even if we had to hire 10x the number of gaurds to watch over them.... now we could pay the gaurds with the money the inmates make. And don't even dare mention the word "slavery" with respect to this!
UPDATED: Yes, he was executed on thier religious holiday. I myself get no satifaction from this...and even less from this
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Just an interesting aside; I've read that the US military actually suspended the death penalty when they invaded, and it was the Iraqis who reinstated it. I found it surprising that an occupying military force would shun the death penalty against another culture while the country's native leadership would condone it.
-Ben
Yes, but it's also the county's native leader who was executed! I just find it disturbing that a country's LEADER was executed.... But I also am disturbed when old military veterans are tried for "war crimes", so my beliefs may stray from the 'normal' one this issue.
You always execute the leader, it's like Hostile Takeover 101. You can't just leave them alive to stir up trouble. Someone will break them out of jail and then we'll have more than an "insurgency" on our hands.
I understand the fear of people breaking them out of jail, I just have to think of all the countries out there that'd like to see Bush hang... It's unnerving to me!
Sorry, couldn't watch the video. I tried but started to get sick.
I was just on YouTube and the top 50 or so videos were ALL Saddam death videos.
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