Saddam's excution televised?

Come now, Lithium, you can't possibly say that it's "intellectual laziness" to watch such things. James Bond is basically all those kind of things put into one, but as a form of entertainment. That doesn't mean James Bond is viewed by "intellectual laziness" people.

Also, you can't watch something due to your own curiosity then say "I wish I hadn't watched that now", because you watched it in the first place and it was your intent to do so.

 

Well, in that particular sphere Lithium mentions it sounds fair enough, he believes that for him it's intellectual laziness, so it has to be, for him. I think reading newspapers is intellectual laziness personally, so we all have our own values. However, i do think it's mostly to people's detriment that we have such a sacred opinion of life, we need to be more in touch with reality when it concerns nature, and in that respect i think viewing deaths can be very powerful and very instructive.

 

Haha, well I might argue that people who watch James Bond films aren't the most intellectualy advanced people, but snobbish joking aside...

The difference is of course that James Bond is fictionalised and (at least a bit!) a creative interpretation of these ideas. If I were watching footage of actual assassinations carried out by the intelligence agencies it would be a quite different thing.

Why not? I'm as human as the next person (honest!) and as such I suffer from the age old problem of the glaring gap between my nobler thoughts and my animal instincts.

 

I resent that comment on James Bond, ya Welsh-Hating bastard! James Bond is a good action flick!

And you arn't Human! You're some kind of film reel! Look at your sig. for god's sake!

Ya Welsh-hating-film-reel-freak!

 

Haha:tongue:

I actually quite like James Bond

 

Thanks to leniency by the Iraqi court Saddam Hussein will not only live another day but will also get to choose an alternate method of going to meet Allah. When presented with such creative suggestions as getting eaten by Jackals, slapped to death by Condoleezza Rice or Bungee Jumping off Turkey's Mount Ararat (without a bungee) Hussein wisely chose the sweetest, tastiest execution method of them all .. "Death by Chocolate".

Details are still sketchy but perhaps around Super Bowl XLI here's what will happen by the flip of a switch to Saddam Hussein, possibly at half time, broadcast live from Baghdad Iraq ..

Saddam Hussein, found guilty of heinous crimes against humanity will be bound, gagged, lifted 20 feet into the air above a giant molten vat of delicious, rich Hershey's milk chocolate, dipped in HEAD-FIRST until all movement stops, removed, allowed to harden, then coated with a thin candy shell and mounted like a statue in the middle of downtown Baghdad to remain forever a tragic confectionery symbol, a powerful but stern warning to all who would dare THINK about raping, pillaging and brutalizing the soon to be great democracy we call Iraq.

Sources say that the deep milk chocolate candy coated Hussein will be surrounded by 2 levels of high voltage security fences to prevent any hungry insurgents or even young Iraqi children looking for a tasty treat from breaking off pieces of Hussein and ultimately, over time, eating the brutal yet courageous tyrannical dictator who wisely chose, hopefully before third quarter kickoff, "Death by Chocolate".

 

Super Bowls and third quaters, what ?

 

nope, I don't think I would watch it.

 

Somehow I believe he will face the rest of his life slowly rotting away. There won't be any tv or association and I don't think any money will be sent in to him so he can buy cadburys chocolate and cola Now that would hurt. That is the justice.


If they execute him,this would only fuel further violence in the region.

 

Personally I agree with Saddam's lawyer on this one. This case is unique in a way and as a result of his execution would not help Iraq any end. I therefore hope that he is spared, not for Saddam but for the sake of the Country that has seen bloodshed everyday. Enough is enough, let him spend an eternity in jail. That way we can atleast we did something right for once.


I knew execution would be first resort. It shouldn't be and should be applied in cases such as this but it is the community that is important. The community of Iraq. In this instance, his execution would be a detrimental thing to Iraq.
Saddam as a normal convicted prisoner now, he no longer has any liberty or any rights.

 

we spent 200 billion dollars on this war so i think we should get to see his hanging televised otherwise what was it all for?

 

I'd rather they did keep him alive and rotting in prison. Once he's dead, the US are going to find someone else to scapegoat and destroy. They've already got their hearts set on Iran, Afghanistan etc

 

Haha! a valuable lesson: don't let past mistakes be all for nought, at least hang someone! haha!