Laughing at Saddam

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UPDATED: Monday, January 5, 2026 21:57
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Originally posted by Geezer:
But anyway, I hear that the people taunting Saddam are going to be punished. What is ths penalty for taunting an ex-dictator - ten yards and loss of down?

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One hundred lines:
'I will not tease the dictator'.

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Originally posted by Geezer:
But anyway, I hear that the people taunting Saddam are going to be punished. What is ths penalty for taunting an ex-dictator - ten yards and loss of down?

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While I believe that justice was served, I feel the taunting was inappropriate. Sure, Saddam afforded none of his innumerable victims any sympathy, but the current government isn't Saddam's government, and should've been above that sort of thing.

Although, I'm sure Saddam got better than the last reigning Romanov's and Bourbon's -- and Mussolini's wasn't treated too nicely, either. Even the civilized British were reportedly nasty to Charles I at Banqueting House.

Nonetheless, this was a good opportunity for the new Iraqi government to exhibit an air of civilization, and they shouldn't have allowed the taunting. If nothing else, it will only inflame Saddam's already insane followers.

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I have been disturbed by this thread enough to avoid posting in it till now. I'm sickened by the idea of cheerleading for the death of another human being, regardless of how horrible he was. It makes you no better than people who danced in the streets because of 9/11.

I do not support the DP, but he was tried and convicted (in an albeit kangaroo) court of law, and that was the decision made. That decision being made, it should have been a somber event conducted in utmost seriousness. They should have been goddamn sure they had people doing the job that could handle the resposibility. They did not, and it's going to bite them in the ass.

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Originally posted by cartoon:
Nonetheless, this was a good opportunity for the new Iraqi government to exhibit an air of civilization, and they shouldn't have allowed the taunting.

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They should have exhibited an air of civilization by not hanging him. Most civilized countries have forsaken the DP by now. We should be there as well; too bad we aren't.

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If nothing else, it will only inflame Saddam's already insane followers.

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You think so, Captain Obvious?

That's why many people think that executing Saddam in the first place was a stupid idea. The execution itself made him a martyr, which is something life imprisonment wouldn't have done. Then, to top it all off, someone there did what nobody with any sense was surprised about, he taunted Saddam, making it worse. Good job.

Pardon my language in this next bit.

Not meaning to turn this into another anti-war thread, but this reminds me of one of the things being said about the war in general. Smart people said, "don't do this, it's unwarranted and will be a pit." Kept saying it and saying it. The war became a pit, just like we said it would. The idiots who decided to invade, when confronted with this, say the obvious - it's a pit, but what's your plan to get out? My plan, you mindless fuck, was to not go in in the first place. Same with the hanging. Now he's been hanged. In a few weeks (and I'll be happy to say I was wrong if I am) when the violence spirals out of control, you'll be saying "well, what's your plan to stop it?" My answer will be nearly the same: "My plan, you mindless fuck, was not to martyr him in the first place."

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Originally posted by ShinyEd:
The Iraqi Governemnt made a big mistake executing Saddam....and even worse, much worse was burying him in his hometown.

[He should have been set in permanent exile on an un-disclosed island somewhere, given a knife and bow and arrow, and left alone to fend for himself.

All the Iraqi govt. has done by executing him & burying him in Iraq was to provide a permanent shrine and martyr status for all the insane maniacs who loved him.

Also, would have been a great sign of maturity and democracy if they didn't kill him...showing the world they can transfer govt. leadership to civilian authority without killing the predecessor.]

Shiny Ed.....great post..I agree with all you stated.

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