Saddam Dead by Sunday

[BigTex]

The civilized crowd of the backroom sickens me. To read that people are enjoying even jubilating another individuals death makes me wonder how far our supposed western liberal-deomocratic tradition have actually come?

I will ask the mods to make sure that no triumphing is done (it has been illegal before here to do that) and I see no difference in this thread.


On punishments. You punish someone for a crime he has done, in order to return to the harmony or balance there once were between the perpetrator and the community. When he is punished that balance is once again restored and thus the actions of the criminal have been paid for or in other word has been justified and his actions forgiven. I do not see how mass-murderers and evil tyrants can ever be forgiven their actions and thus a punishment cannot be given. This is the problem Hannah Arendt raises in the book Eichmann in Jerusalem. Makes you think, no?

Sarcasm aside, it is a joyess event when a wicked and despicable man is removed from society. He murdered thousands indiscriminately, torchered untold numbers of innocent. Western democracy has come far from what it was by just doing this. Western Democracy has removed a tyrant, instead of proping one up and giving them candy if their nice, we have removed him and he has recieved punishment for his actions against his countrymen. This in it self is an event worthy of praise and jubilation.

You bring up a good point on punishment. For mass murderes they can never be forgiven. As no punishment is enough, as nothing will be equivilent to their actions. The only suitable action is to remove from them what they have removed from countless others.

When the slack in that rope is gone and Saddam swings it will definately be a joyess event for those who have lost family members, for those that have been torchered by his secrety police. When Saddam swings, Iraqi courts will have proven themselves strong enough to try even a totalitarian dictator fairly. When Saddam swings it will go along way to making Iraq a more stable country.

The Coliseum of Rome will definately be a beautiful site this New Years eve.