Comments on: Saddam Hussein verdict coverage

By: Kieren

Kieren — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:36:35 +0000

What utterly emotive bunkem. You are having a conversation with yourself here Doug, and not a particularly interesting or insightful one.

Go read some history books.

Kieren

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:19:13 +0000

Hmmm …I’ve read most of the comments here and I am curious about something…how many of you were ever forced to watch a loved one tortured to death or executed if front or your eyes becuase he or she sttod up for their beliefs or for trying to protect their family or maybe just becuase their neighbor down the way opposed the leader of the country and your loved one did business with or knew this person? I wonder how many of Sadam’s victims recieved fair trials? Maybe the Kurdish people he gassed got a fair trial before they were suffocated and burned to death…ya think? Too bad they hung him..I would have thought stoning by the relatives and survivors of his victims would’ve been far more appropriate. I only hope that none of you here ever loose the rights you have to speak out as you do now and voice your views on any matter you choose, if those rights are ever lost, your relatives may one day very well experience the jubilation that the survivors of Sadam Husein are expieriencing.
But then that could never happen in the U.S. or the U.K., or anywhere else in the west…right? The future may prove that statement to be in error…

By: Kieren

Kieren — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:36:40 +0000

There’s no “finally” about it. He was killed within a day of his fasttracked appeal of a flawed legal case.

I also see no point in revelling in the death of anyone. Once you agree with the death of one person, you make the death of another more acceptable – an individual who someone else believes is just as deserving to die but with whom you may entirely disagree.

Personally I think keeping Saddam in a jail cell for the rest of his life would have been a more fitting punishment.

Kieren

By: Kieren

Kieren — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:30:29 +0000

The most important element of any civilised society is that the rule of law is applied fairly and equitably to all, regardless of what crime they have committed.

It is also the case that a large number of people are found innocent during court processes, so it is fundamental that the system is built such that it is not possible for a judge or jury to pre-judge a case.

There is no doubt at all that Saddam Hussein was a ruthless and violent man. He was a murderer. He caused countless unnecessary deaths and deeply damaged his own country. But the fact remains that his trial was unfair and manipulated.

I have no idea why the US forces didn’t shoot him when they found him. That would have achieved the same result but without the unpleasant undermining of higher principles.

Kieren

By: A-=-A

A-=-A — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:34:01 +0000

executed… finaly

By: Becky

Becky — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:10:08 +0000

In reply, to the defense was given no time to prepare, well neither were the families that saddam killed or had killed. Neither did the children (little girls) have time to prepare before they were raped, I could care less about the weapons of mass destruction that he harbored in Iraq, what bothers me is all the inocent people who were murdered and the poor girls who didn't die get to live with the image of their families being killed and lots of those girls and I do mean girls hell he kept a record of it, that get to live with being raped at such a age that they will never forget. If in the U.S. we carried out executions as fast as this was done, maybe the rapes and murders of these girls would stop, and if you see it any other way then maybe you shouldv;e been hung with him!!! What if that was your family>Create your own friendquiz here

By: anna

anna — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:11:38 +0000

i hate Saddam Husein, i saw a video once of a poor man who was made into pieces just becouse of the fun of it by Sadams Huseins officials (they put gun powder in his jucket while he was sobbing, all this without trial, executors were smiling on camera)

At that moment i thought that Sadam deserved to be put to death the same way. But for the sake of precious western civilization, he should stay alive and imprisoned for rest of his life.

Maybe Usa considers him dangerous politically still now, and they want him dead (they have no problem with death sentence practise)

But european countries or media should really discuss what level of civilization is this verdict portraying

By: Kieren

Kieren — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:03:05 +0000

I wouldn’t said it was particularly investigative – I just listened to the news, read a few things, and knew a small amount about the death penality in the UK, but thankyou. And yes, please feel free to post it on your site, so long as you give me credit and a link.

Kieren

By: tilly12345

tilly12345 — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:44:42 +0000

I agree completely.

By: tilly12345

tilly12345 — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:33:32 +0000

Why just Iraq, lets do Africa and Korea next, I wouldn’t like to be in Blairs shoes at the pearly gates.