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Saddam Hussein Hanging LIVE Thread

Posted on 12/29/2006 9:11:00 AM PST by AVNevis

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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Even Daddam deserves some mercy. Helen would be cruel and unusual punishment.

On second thought, bring her out!


1,961 posted on 12/29/2006 3:29:51 PM PST by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: monkapotamus; keat
I learned something new this morning. There are two kinds of hanging.

monk, your picture shows, DEATH BY HANGING, and Keat your picture shows HANGED UNTIL DEAD.

DEATH BY HANGING occures when the KNOT is put to the side of the neck and this snaps your neck or can decapatate the person.

HANGED UNTIL DEAD, the KNOT is put at the back of the neck and you die a slow suffocating death. Takes 3 to 5 minutes.

I pick that Saddam is HANGED UNTIL DEAD.

1,962 posted on 12/29/2006 3:29:52 PM PST by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
You will notice, perhaps, that Jesus of Nazareth did NOT protest the death of the two thieves, but forgave the ONE who specifically asked for mercy. He did NOT however, spare the lives of either who admitted they were (justly) condemned to die.

Let's assume that we could prove Christ supported the death penalty. I'm not going to argue that one way or another. I would however ask what would Christ think of the absolute glee, the joking, etc. at the death of even a criminal.

Note, I am not arguing for clemency in this situation. Saddam was found guilty and he does deserve to face the punishment for his crimes. But suggesting betting pools when he hangs, jpegs of Hussein in a hangman game, and the other general jokes about his death are, at least in a civilized society, wrong and more than a little disgusting. I can already see the WOO-HOOs and LOLs posted when the news comes through that Hussein has died.

But then again as the Roman Empire began its slow descent into oblivion, the bloodlust demanded by its general citizenry in the Colosseum increased as well...

1,963 posted on 12/29/2006 3:30:17 PM PST by billbears (Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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To: AVNevis
State TV: Mounts the gallows between 9:30-10:00 pm ET...


THE EXECUTION OF SADDAM HUSSEIN

1,964 posted on 12/29/2006 3:30:28 PM PST by yield 2 the right
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To: MamaB

It's one thing to feel sorry for a murderous tyrant; it's another thing to revel in his execution. I understand that's a typical reaction and I have nothing to say to any unbelieving FReeper who does it. But it is unacceptable for any FReeper who names the name of Christ. "Vengeance is Mine" says the Lord, "I will repay".


1,965 posted on 12/29/2006 3:30:30 PM PST by streetpreacher (What if you're wrong?)
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To: GodBlessPeggyNoonan
Isn't it funny that Sadd-damn never chose the suicide-bomber-martyrdom route? He had plenty of opportunity, but he preferred to hide in a hole.

He had weapons in his hole, he could have gone down fighting, taking a few infidels with him, like a real martyr. But he didn't, I think Sgt. Major Plumley's comments about George Armstrong Custer, could be applied to Saddam as well, in spades.

1,966 posted on 12/29/2006 3:30:41 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: MamaB
Swing and sway
Three hours away

Hey, hey, hey!

Leni

1,967 posted on 12/29/2006 3:30:45 PM PST by MinuteGal (The Left takes power only through deception.)
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To: steveegg; A Citizen Reporter

Thanks for the time clarification. I can't quite get the hang of this Daylight Savings Time! LOL!


1,968 posted on 12/29/2006 3:30:46 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: Gondring

I'm not Jesus. I'll rejoice.


1,969 posted on 12/29/2006 3:30:47 PM PST by null and void (Propaganda doesn't have to make sense. Hell, it often works better if it doesn't.)
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To: mware

Those pictures are so tragic.

Good post, btw.


1,970 posted on 12/29/2006 3:30:50 PM PST by proud American in Canada (Thy Will Be Done.)
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To: Cicero

IIRC, it was filmed in France using French Actors. Rod Serling became aware of it and thought it would fit into the TZ format. The rights were aquired it was broadcast as the last Zone to be shown. It is also the ONLY Zone that wasn't produced by Cayuga and Rod Serling had no involvement with it except for showing it here in America. It was still one of the better Zones.


1,971 posted on 12/29/2006 3:30:53 PM PST by NCC-1701 (To boldly go where no FReeper has gone before. Live long and prosper.)
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To: mhking

You do have to admire the efficiency!


1,972 posted on 12/29/2006 3:31:02 PM PST by najida (If it wasn't for fast food, I'd have no food at all.)
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To: CurlyBill; Cicero; NCC-1701
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge or Project Gutenberg version

Also note this: Owl Creek Productions will begin filming “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”

1,973 posted on 12/29/2006 3:31:05 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: rabscuttle385
NBC News, however, indicated it might go further. Steve Capus, the president of NBC News, said that network may show “a wide shot of Saddam hanging.” He said NBC would make its decision based on questions both of taste and of history.

I'm off work this week (I am ACTUALLY taking a vacation!), so I can't tell you if this is actually what network is saying to us out in affiliate land...

1,974 posted on 12/29/2006 3:31:05 PM PST by mhking (I make my livin' on the evening news....)
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To: Chuck54
Tommy Lee Jones is one of the U.S. Marshals guarding Saddam!
1,975 posted on 12/29/2006 3:31:13 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: AVNevis

I still say that he's getting off too easy- should be death by plastic shredder.


1,976 posted on 12/29/2006 3:31:41 PM PST by richmwill
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To: mhking

bttt!!


1,977 posted on 12/29/2006 3:31:48 PM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: Rennes Templar; All
He's hoping for a glimpse of one virgin before all hell breaks loose.

Maybe this has been addressed before--but in his faith, would this type of death qualify him for the virgins? Is he officially a martyr?

1,978 posted on 12/29/2006 3:32:02 PM PST by proud American in Canada (Thy Will Be Done.)
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To: kcvl

What I can't understand is WHY Iraqi State TV would BROADCAST the fact that they're about to hang him!

I mean, that might cause riots before WE have a chance to get ready for them. Why endanger US troops un-necessarily?

Just wait for it to happen, AFTER there is NO CHANCE for any mob to do anything about it, THEN tell the people!


1,979 posted on 12/29/2006 3:32:03 PM PST by hoagy62 (Happily watching the Left go full-goose bozo.)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel
In Michigan Government Schools in the early '70's it was the movie always shown when the teacher was out an they couldn't muster a substitute. Stories about hallucinations were popular in those days.
1,980 posted on 12/29/2006 3:32:07 PM PST by j_tull (Massachusetts, the Gay State. Once the leader of the American Revolution, now leading its demise.)
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