Saddam's excution televised?

If it were to be televised, would you watch it regardless on your feelings about the death penalty.

I would.

 

It should at least be on you-tube...

 

Yeah, of course it will.

 

why ?

 

thats sick! its murder! its that old eye for an eye. hes murdered thousands of people, so the state will murder him. its just not called murder because the state is conducting it. and you wanna watch it?

 

It is a natural human feeling to want to see the downfall of someone else. Not that I condone the death sentence, not in the least, but I feel it's a poignant moment in time to watch the downfall of a fascist in such a degrading way. The fact that I want to see it doesn't make me sick, or sadistic, it's merely my curiosity overcoming me.

 

not that i condone the death sentence but oh let me watch someone hang live on tele " talk about contradicting yourself .curiosity my arse " so you feel the negativity of a life being taken away a pleasurable one aye luke "tell yer what why not go the offy and get a 8 pack and a pizza in while you get comfortable on your chair coz watching a life being taking live on tele is sheer entertainment init or better still maybe you should buy a ticket for the front row you can watch it live then .

 

Saddam may yet escape the death penalty. It must be enacted 30 days after an appeal has failed. However, under Iraqi law, no one over the age of 70 can be sentenced to death. Saddam will reach 70 in Spring....

 

Come on, you know what I mean, and you're totally twisting my words for the sake of conflict! Ya bastard!

:nopity:

 

conflict on this cunthooks uke:

 

Paul man, you crack me up. Not surprised you won funniest poster award....

 

i like the angry bastard really .:cuss: cheers luke :cheers:

 

Yeh I would watch it.But I doubt he will be executed though. I believe that the Judge will become Rodin and decide to spare his life for the sake of Iraq and put Saddam in jail. Assuming that Saddam Hussein is the real thing and not the double.

 

The human animal is motivated by curiosity it is the basis for why we are what we are.

Most people will in england will never have experienced an event like it so true to human form they will feel abliged to observe. There will be some who find the thought of the event too distasteful to bear, and might even feel anger to those who can't overcome their curiosity.

I believe I would do my best to overcome my curiosity.

 

I would not

watching someone die isn't my idea of a good time... call me crazy if you wish

 

The human race is very curious. I think Britain is becoming as Gladitorial as America in terms of watching criminals get executed. Personally I believe Saddam should be spared death. He wants to be a martyer so lets deny him his wish and lock him up for the rest of his life whilst the media poke fun at him. Who knows, might have a camera installed so us Freeviewers can access Saddams cell interactively.


Seriously for the sake of backlashes from his loyalists, we need to do what is best for the community and by sparing his life is doing that. However he is already sentenced to death because he will never come out that cell ever!
He goes to toilet, showers and eats and sleeps in that cell.

 

Course i'd watch it, as would most others. I appreciate yer honesty L.A.

 

I agree with this. I'd make a point of not watching it.

 

I'm glad somebody does.

As for the human race being motivated by curiosity, I totally agree with you. Why is it that watching televised car chases, beatings, movies with shootings, or even boxing, is considered a alright to view, and watching an execution isn't? It's the feeling of suspense you get because you know somebody could be in danger. When you're sitting on the edge of your seat watching a boxing match, or a car chase, you're not on the edge because you're worried for their sake. It's because you're hoping one of them will get severely hurt...Atleast that's the case for myself.

Yet when it comes to an execution, I'm not watching it for entertainment value. I'm watching a part of history, and as I grow old I hope to watch history change in many ways. Just like I watched the twin towers fall, and just as I watched Diana's funeral. It isn't entertainment, it's awareness.

 

That's why I don't watch any of the other things you mention either. It's a completely natural human response to be fascinated by these things, but for me it just represents total intellectual laziness to be guided by what my lizard brain is telling me to do rather than to step back and use my whole mind. I think my imagination does a better job of conveying the reality of these things than to gawp at a few sordid images.

I've used some strong words there, but it's just the way I feel about it and it's not at all to judge those who do / would watch such things. I understand the desire completely. I have seen a few things I wish I hadn't, like screenshots of the jihadi beheading videos and footage of people being ripped to pieces by rounds from helicopter gunships from Iraq. I always feel sick after seeing such things and wish I hadn't followed my mawkish curiosty down the route of not looking away. For me I would rather continue to find these things distasteful and shocking and to engage my mind in dealing with them rather than risk getting desensitised to it. The problem with watching such things is that your mind switches off and you respond as an animal rather than as a being capable of higher thought. Again, just me.

It's for the historical reasons you mention that I may be tempted to peek, but then I'm sure if it were public then there would be pictures all over the newspapers, so it would be hard to avoid the iconic image.