tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933443.post116283453705172615..comments2023-10-24T08:42:29.472+01:00Comments on The Big Blog: Bad to the boneademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370168900902377016noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933443.post-1163026038290491042006-11-08T22:47:00.000+00:002006-11-08T22:47:00.000+00:00If Saddam killing people is wrong, how is killing ...If Saddam killing people is wrong, how is killing Saddam right?<BR/><BR/>There is a path between life and death and that's torture but that's ever wronger.<BR/><BR/>Interesting how the trial picked out -out of all the hideous things he did- about the only thing that wouldn't implicate the Americans as well. Lets not forget that he tortured and murdered on a massive scale for decades with the full backing of the West...<BR/><BR/>Agree with Pynchon, he will almost certainly hang. Mind you, today's election result may change that.Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16723338929365683113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933443.post-1162907277080904752006-11-07T13:47:00.000+00:002006-11-07T13:47:00.000+00:00I wouldn't have him killed either. I don't see th...I wouldn't have him killed either. I don't see the point of that in a civilised society - the days of an "eye for an eye" are surely way behind us.<BR/><BR/>Two wrongs don't make a right, and all that.LBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234702470107953581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933443.post-1162855157613852192006-11-06T23:19:00.000+00:002006-11-06T23:19:00.000+00:00I am not happy about capital punishment, either, b...I am not happy about capital punishment, either, but he <I>will</I> be hanged. The Americans will want nothing less.Pynchonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527602854222800619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933443.post-1162839235714276832006-11-06T18:53:00.000+00:002006-11-06T18:53:00.000+00:00In the days of Napoleon, it would have been exile....In the days of Napoleon, it would have been exile. Unfortunately, our ever-shrinking world has made even <B>that</B> option obsolete.<BR/><BR/>Jetisoned into space, sans helmet...?Jerry Bowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974693941925127321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933443.post-1162837160759458112006-11-06T18:19:00.000+00:002006-11-06T18:19:00.000+00:00I'm happy I don't have to make the decisions, but ...I'm happy I don't have to make the decisions, but I will probably disagree with whatever they decide.ademhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370168900902377016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933443.post-1162836294575740712006-11-06T18:04:00.000+00:002006-11-06T18:04:00.000+00:00Understand your drawbacks on capital punishment. ...Understand your drawbacks on capital punishment. Its too ancient, Hammurabi's law type of a punishment. Then again, what else do you do with someone who is at the level of Saddam Hussein?<BR/><BR/>As for a sentence between the death penalty and life in prison... How about cryogenically frozen? Freeze him for 50 years, de-thaw him, and then have a prepared decision on what to do with him. With current medical technology, he'd probably end up a mindless vegetable at defrost... but still.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531414847817210475noreply@blogger.com