Saddam Hussein sentenced to death

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

Killing people is bad! We're going to kill you to prove that! Now everybody will see that it is bad.

Do you see what happens when you kill people? You get killed too! This will work as a deterrent, I promise!

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

Killing people is bad! We're going to kill you to prove that! Now everybody will see that it is bad.

Originally Posted by centaur532

Do you see what happens when you kill people? You get killed too! This will work as a deterrent, I promise!

I'm not sure the lack of deterrent effect is really an appropriate argument here, considering the vast cultural differences (and extreme differences in what is considered 'appropriate' punishment) - besides this, I would probably have to argue that 'symbolic' punishments are far more appropriate a comparison in this case, since you can't really come up with a commensurate or appropriate punishment/rehabilitation strategy for someone who, y'know, gassed 5000 Kurds.

It's just not a similar system or situation, so I really don't feel comfortable getting all argumentative up in this bitch, GP/centaur.

[_Opi_]

Originally Posted by centaur532

Rather, that being put to death now just seems like a cop-out. After everything he's done, death by hanging just doesn't seem enough. I feel like there should be more punishment. I don't condone the death penalty personally, but that's just the culture I was raised in.

You literally took the words out of my mouth..err..head..whatever.

I think he should rot in prison for the rest of his life..that is more of a punishment than death penalty. To me, at least.

[macallan25]

I dunno......being executed is pretty harsh punishment. IN MY OPINION (sorry, didn't know if DeltAlum was reading this or not.)

[AlexMack]

Today I saw a good friend of mine who came home from Iraq last week. He was showing me the pictures of Iraq, Fallujah, dead insurgents, one of Saddam's palaces. It made me angry to see the latter, to see how he lived when we know how his people suffered under his tyrannical rule. And it made me feel sick.
My friend told me that he'd laughed when he heard Saddam got the death penalty and that he hoped it was televised. I also saw the video memorial to his fallen comrades and I heard him choke up as he showed me a picture of the remains of a suicide bomber who had taken out a marine who was literally 15 minutes away from leaving Fallujah and catching a flight to Kuwait to come back home here.

Now I don't know what to think. I hate the death penalty but should anyone be allowed to live after taking the life of another? Don't you sacrifice your right to life when you take away another's voluntarily? You've deprived that person of a future. Why should you be allowed yours?
I don't know, I think I'm really conflicted about this now.

[texas*princess]

... if he has already been sentenced to death, why does it matter if they do the other trials? even if he's found innocent on other actions, does it matter if he's already been sentenced to die?