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Saddam hanged

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by 2muchcoffeeman, Dec 29, 2006.

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  1. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Some people get their threads stickied to the top of a forum (Hi IJAG. Hi carrie.) Mine gets stickied to the top of the whole damn board. ;D.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Dec 29, 2006
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  2. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    «I don't see any evidence that it's a deterrent, and I think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. We've done so in my own state.»
    -- Michael S. Dukakis, former Governor of Massachussetts
     
    Boom_70, Dec 29, 2006
    #74
  3. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    This is not a GOP or Democrat thing.
     
    wickedwritah, Dec 29, 2006
    #75
  4. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Are you making fun or agreeing, Boomie?
     
    Ace, Dec 29, 2006
    #76
  5. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Boom just likes to prove he can google a quote.

    And Wicked's right.
     
    sportschick, Dec 29, 2006
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  6. spup1122

    spup1122 Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Fox News (I know.. but I can't handle Larry King right now) says officials who must be present have been told to be at the gallows in 30 minutes.
     
    spup1122, Dec 29, 2006
    #78
  7. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    It's been known to happen on rare occasion. :D
     
    wickedwritah, Dec 29, 2006
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  8. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Boom might be mocking what he considers "liberal" weakness when it comes to capital punishment. Perhaps he'll reappear and explain himself. And how sound a deterrent to evil hanging has been over the years.
     
    jgmacg, Dec 29, 2006
    #80
  9. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Might be? Definitely is.

    That has no place here. It's not a partisan issue.
     
    wickedwritah, Dec 29, 2006
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  10. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Or it may be a subtle mockery of the futility of capital punishment. You never know with Boom.
     
    jgmacg, Dec 29, 2006
    #82
  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    CNN has a line at the bottom of the screen that says that a U.S. judge just refused to delay Sadaam's execution. If this was really the Iraqi people, an Iraqi government, and the Iraqi legal system that convicted him, why would a U.S. judge be involved in any way shape or form?

    A good chunk of the rest of the world thinks the trial was a farce, and that the U.S. was calling the shots. That's why he should have either been executed right away--if you were going to kill him--or if you wanted to make a show of due process, a trial shouldn't have happened until it could be under a real Iraqi system of justice, without U.S. involvement.

    This should be a high point. A brutal dictator is brought to justice. Instead, we still somehow manage to look bad.
     
    The Big Ragu, Dec 29, 2006
    #83
  12. DyePack

    DyePack New Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Another comment from the fifth dimension.
     
    DyePack, Dec 29, 2006
    #84
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