Snuff films go mainstream

[burythehatchet]

Saddam's Death To Be Videotaped
CBS News: Final Moments Will Be Recorded, Execution Could Take Place By End Of Month

http://www.rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fstories%2F2006%2F12%2F28%2Firaq%2Fmain2304318.shtml

CBS/AP) Saddam Hussein's final moments will be videotaped by the Iraqi government, reports CBS News correspondent Randall Pinkston. National Security adviser Mouffak al Rubaie says the date of the deposed dictator's execution will not be made public, to avoid possible unrest from Saddam's supporters, but everything from the signing of the final orders by the judge, to the hanging itself will be recorded.

Iraqis, members of the coalition and international representatives will witness the execution. It's not clear whether the videotape will be broadcast on Iraqi television.

[enid602]

1. execution

I think Bush will enjoy this one even more that Carla Faye's execution.

[BuelahWitch]

2. It'll probably be the first time he's gotten hard

in years...

[BushOut06]

3. Apparently there are those on this board who will enjoy it as well

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2666859#2666890

Regardless of what this man has done, to execute him is simply barbaric, and lowers his executors to his level.

[cui bono]

4. Not to mention the fact that it will be disastrous politically. n/t

[burythehatchet]

10. as I said below, no good can come from this.

[Trajan]

13. There is ONE Poster who said that ....

But you say 'those', which is plural ....

Are there others ? ... please link to them as well ...

I agree entirely with your other sentiments, but you wrongly describe someone on DU who says they would "enjoy it" as being MORE than one person .... Its hard to get worked up about a fringe element of one individual ....

[beam me up scottie]

18. Do you remember the night they killed Tookie?

I do.

It was one of the most shameful I've ever seen.

DUers took pleasure in his death and they weren't ashamed of it.

[Trajan]

19. I have to warn you ...

When you use the term 'DUers' .. it covers a WIDE, DEEP, impossibly vast range of opinions and ideas ...

Now ... are YOU prepared to argue that EVERY 'DUer' took pleasure then ? ...

99% ? ...

98 % ? ...

0.0000001 % ?

Exactly what do you mean by saying 'DUers' did this or that ? .. ALL of them ? .. MOST of them ? ... SOME of them ? ... few of them or none of them ? ...

You are speaking in absolutes where I greatly doubt absolutes in fact apply ...

SOME DUers will act 'shameful', because they are failed human beings and cant help it ... (cant help being failed human beings, that is) ... But to cast out the statements that 'DUers did this', well, you are implying that ALL of them did something ... yet I GREATLY doubt that ALL DUers praised a death .. ANY death ....

I think you mean that 'SOME' DUers did that ...

Correct me if I am wrong ....

[beam me up scottie]

21. I don't need the qualifier. "DUers" is accurate.

If you want to quibble about percentages, bark up another tree.

[Trajan]

22. Well ...

That means you were cheering the death as well ...

I know I wasnt cheering : Perhaps I am not a DUer ?

[On the Road]

5. It's an Ironic Contrast to the Tearing Down of Saddam's Statue

which was portrayed as a public event surrounded by cheering throngs (even though it was really staged).

If the people were really liberated and behind the government, it should be possible to do this in a public square. Or, like Mussolini, the public might take matters into their own hands.

Now, it has to be done in secret, and the date can't even be announced for fear of reprisals.

[kenny blankenship]

6. Thought this was another Mel Gibson film review...

[Skidmore]

7. They already have with Abu Gharib.

[leveymg]

8. Prediction - it happens within 24 hours of the 3000th US KIA

Pictures of his hanging body will be leaked immediately. There'll be a grissly orgy of smirky self-congratulations by Bush and his henchmen. It'll crowd out the bad news of the day.

[burythehatchet]

9. no good will come from this

the world does not believe that anything about it was fair. How many people in the a legitimate justice system would be executed after three of their lawyers were killed during the trial. Bizarre.

[leveymg]

11. Spreading a good example and good will around the world.

"Good job, Brownie."

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[cui bono]

14. and why was it that he was tried in Iraq and not in the Hague?

i don't remember how/why that came about. Shouldn't he have been on trial in the Hague for crimes against humanity?

[burythehatchet]

15. If he were tried in The Hague he might have been able to

shed light on American complicity in his crimes. There was no way that would ever happen.

[cui bono]

16. I know that reason, but logistically how was it allowed?

[Ahpook]

17. Damn good question.

At the root of that we will find the answer to why a handful of thugs have been able to take over this country

[dsc]

12. all executions should be televised

They are paid for by us and done in our name, we should see them.

[Horse with no Name]

20. If I were part of this murderous cabal

I would be scared shitless at the precedent this sets.
Most leaders are exiled or tried in the International Court.
I wonder at what point in time another country will decide that our leader is a murderous thug and decide to hold a kangaroo court?