HANGING OUT WITH SADDAM
It's not my purpose here to engage in sophomoric discussion of the merits of capital punishment. Specifically with respect to the world as we find it today, what will it improve and what will it make better when the Iraqi's whack Saddam, presumably this weekend. Would it be better if they let some Kurds drop saran gas on him?
On the one hand, this gives them "closure" (they're still an occupied country but they're gonna have closure.....and I'm a Japanese Astronaut). On the other hand, there's the argument there's been enough killing and dying (Although, in the words of Doc Holliday, Saddam probably "needs Killin' ").
OK, I teed it up. Now you hit it out of the park. Your thoughts?
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posted by UMRBlog @ 12:49
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14 Comments:
What's the debate? Should he or should he not be put to death?
No, It's whether the Giants should have signed him instead of Zito.
TYFCB
And your saying he shuold live?
Not Zito, Saddam.
Well, he's a ten and five guy so he can't be traded without his consent, therefore he has the right to void the transfer of custody and throw middle relief for the Oakland A's who are short a pitcher.
I'm trying to PROVOKE A FREAKING DISCUSSION ON THE POSITIVE EFFECTS (OVERALL) OF WHACKING HIM. It doesh't matter what my position is. I'm asking for yours.
TYFCB
Who's on first ??
OK...well...if you're not taking a position I don't really see the point, but good luck with it.
After the news cycle, it will mean little. He's getting what he deserves. It's just that simple.
Here's my view. There have been times when I was against Capital Punishment but I have found as I have lived half a century or so that the one deterrent that Capital Punishment provides is that the person being punished will never be a problem or burden to Society again.
In the case of Saddam and all those like him..."works for me."
I thought Boston paid 50 million just for the exclusive right to negotiate a contract with him?????
Oh, wait they signed him to a deal.
OK, let's try it like this. What specific positive effects will his execution have. The only one I can think of that's at all metric is it'll encourage Kurds to participate in the new government.
The Specific Deterence thing doesn't do much for me. The guy had no army. In the words of Al Capone, "you can get more with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone."
TYFCB
Oh, while we have been having this discussion, In baseball terms, Saddam's contract has been reassigned....to hell.
While this might be a great debate if he were a member of American the society, Saddam was not a member of our society so he should be held to the standards or values of the society in which he commited violations against.
I think they made the right move and followed thier societies tradition. An eye for an eye etc . . .
;)
p.s. Did anyone else notice that Iraq moves faster than Texas on carrying out the death penalty???? Damn!
One positive to come of the execution: Beer, alcohol,& Pay-per-view sales were up in Crawford.
They should have left him in the hole they found him in.
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