I asked my 15yr old... "Saddam was executed tonight.. what does that mean to you?"

[Viva_La_Revolution]

"It means he's dead."

[NYCGirl]

1. Sounds like you have a pretty damned level-headed 15 year old there.

:headbang:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. surprisingly... yes. In spite of all the trouble he's given us

Or perhaps he learned something from those mistakes?

for parents, hope is eternal. :)

[seabeyond]

2. my 11 yr old shrugged and said, what happens when

you are a dictator. and walked out of room.

[babylonsister]

3. I hope the world will be over it by next week. On to bigger and

better, more important things, like why were we there to begin with.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. I've got him fully indocrinated...

he gets that the war was a lie.


He doesn't quite get the specifics yet, but I have patience. :)

[babylonsister]

6. By Sunday, many people might say, "Saddam who?"

Really. Especially people who DGAS, i.e., don't give a shit.
Hey, I coined a phrase maybe.

I want Saddam and Ford to go away so I can hear Waxman and Rangel and Leahy and Boxer and anyone who counts to start wailing away on what I think is important. And ironically, it goes back to Iraq, dimson, and perhaps the death penalty!

[Der Blaue Engel]

7. I haven't discussed it with my 15-yr-old yet

but I sure hope it's not that matter of fact to him. I think I'll have a discussion with him to make sure he understands why I find executing people an utterly uncivilized and vile practice, no matter whom is being executed. :(

[EFerrari]

8. 15? Oh my lord.

lol

[Kurovski]

9. K&R for another perspective,(nt)