Prime Time Hanging ?

[tbrown 26]

Now that Saddam Hussein's on trial and likely to be sentenced to death, I'd like to say as an American taxpayer that I'd like to see the hanging televised live. And I'm even against the war in Iraq.

But after all the blood and treasure the American people have been puring down the rathole in that country, we should at least get the small reward of watching the s.o.b. dance for us on the end of a rope. Hang him during halftime of a sunday football game, with Frank Gifford and John Madden offering commentary. Anyone who doesn't want to watch can pop in a Teletubbies DVD (nothing down on the little Tubbies either, I like them too).

I know, I know, the "Iraqi Government" (ha-ha) is supposedly ruinning the show, but they're pretty compliant if they don't want their allowance or our troops cut off. So what if they have to get up in the middle of the night to get the job done, we should see it LIVE, after that we can watch the reruns forever.

If this sounds bloodthirsty, so what ? We've seen too many kids go over to that pesthole of a country, the last one was just back on leave and pointing out all his friends who were killed in the pictures he'd taken. He's in some little garbage dump of a town in the middle of nowhere and says the locals hate the Americans. So if he has to be there, I say we get to at least watch a decent hanging. So how about that, GWB ??

Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

[flyangel2 2]

I'd like to just see Saddam Hussein's trial and how he and his lawyer try to defend him.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[Darius11 12]

I think that’s a great idea. We should also hang all the people who supported that motherfucker, the people who gave him the WMD in the first place. I mean were not racists we want justice and any one who can sit back and support murder and use of such weapons for profit deserves the same fait.

Oh wait Ronald already died didn’t he?

Quote

If this sounds bloodthirsty, so what ? We've seen too many kids go over to that pesthole of a country,

yea and I remember how they kept on asking us for help those fuckers

Quote

He's in some little garbage dump of a town in the middle of nowhere and says the locals hate the Americans.

How could they hate us? I mean we invade their country and disrespect them and where they live what’s wrong with these people?

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

[Andrewwhyte 1]

Why hanging? Why not exposure to the beast? Now that will get ratings.

[wmw999 2,560]

That would do nothing but feed blood lust, and generate some in the me-too crowd.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[Nightingale 0]

Quote

I'd like to just see Saddam Hussein's trial and how he and his lawyer try to defend him.

The news had a lawyer who's worked with setting up the new constitution over there. He put forth some interesting theories:

The US has pushed for Saddam to be tried under Iraqi law because international law doesn't have the death penalty.

However, Iraqi law at the time made it impossible for the ruler to commit any crime, basically the king/president was always right.

So, while his actions may be a crime under international law and treaties, he isn't being tried under those, and at the time he committed the crimes they were perfectly legal under Iraqi law. Illegal under the new constitution, but legal before. So, you run into the problem of punishing someone for acting before something was made illegal. A simple example: You're driving 65 on the freeway and a cop tags you on radar. At the time, 65 is the speed limit, so you don't get a ticket. Two weeks later, the speed limit is lowered to 60, and the government issues you a ticket, even though your actions were legal at the time you were driving.

His lawyer's going to have some good arguments. Personally, I think they should've just let the international court of justice try Hussein, because it would be a lot easier to make a case under the genocide convention and maybe under geneva, depending on the status of the people he killed and the surrounding circumstances.

It's going to be an interesting case to watch. According to several of the lawyers involved, the US is taking a lot of care to make sure that he gets a fair trial, because it would be really, really bad for foreign policy if it turns into a kangaroo court.

[AlexCrowley 0]

Screw that, only a pussy would want to see a hanging.

I say that first we stake him out in a hot desert and have people pay to drink beer around him so he can see. For an extra $20 you can piss on him.

Then we take a troup of army scouts with swiss army knives (these kids would be specially chosen from some form of militaristic marching competition) and they can carve the sheet music of 'the star spangled banner' into the dehydrating flesh of his chest.

Next a troup of girl scouts can step forward and rub vinegar, salt into the wounds.

At this point medical doctors can come in and treat him and give him enough fluids to keep him alive.

Day 2. This is where the real fun starts. What we'll do is have a coouple of doctors come in. Rig up a microphone and some surgical cameras. Then we cut open his belly and spend a few hours running the sharp edge of a blade over the exposed nerve endings - guaranteed to cause some ratings grabbing screaming. John Tesh can soundtrack some music to it,although perhaps Danny Elfman could lend some goulish humor to the proceedings. Doctors would be on hand to keep him concious so he would be aware.

Day 3: At this point there would be some infection going on in those little knife cuts inflicted in day one. I say we introduce some maggots or other vermin to knaw at the dead flesh. More PPV ratings with highlights broadcast on HBO.


Edited to add: sorry I forgot to add the day of being anally raped with broom handles and being beaten with crowbars til the bones are broken.

There's my ideas. what else can you sick motherfuckers come up with that will satiate your bloodlust?

Did we punish him for his sins enough at this point or does he need more?

What a wonderfully christian country this is. Look how far we've evolved

TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

[TFFTM 1]

How about making him a guest on Sureal life with Janice and Omarossa

It would be a pain worse than death.

Or even better make him watch all the episodes for the rest of his life

BSBD
Home of the Alabama Gang

[gmanpilot 0]

Quote

That would do nothing but feed blood lust, and generate some in the me-too crowd.

I'm in favor of capital punishment and public access to it, if only to communicate the gravity of the of the decision to legalize it, and also the gravity of the capital offense itself.

_________________________________________
-There's always free cheese in a mouse trap.

[tbrown 26]

Quote

Screw that, only a pussy would want to see a hanging.

I said hanging because that is apparently how the death penalty is dealt out in Iraq. Remember, we are pretending to let these people do it their way.

Besides, hanging is a recognized art form in our own country and the subject of many a moving Country Western song ("Long Black Veil", "Tom Dooley", etc).

And from what I've read, it's not supposed to be an easy thing to watch, so if they do show it have a good bucket handy.

Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

[AlexCrowley 0]

Eh, cheap excuses. If we were real men we'd bring him over here and do it my way. Letting the towel heads do it is an illusion to the world that Iraqii's have their own controls.

I saw that he should be flayed, hung, drawn and quartered first.

Only a girl would want a nice clean hanging.

TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

[rasmack 0]

Quote

How about making him a guest on Sureal life with Janice and Omarossa

It would be a pain worse than death.

Or even better make him watch all the episodes for the rest of his life

No no no! He can be put to use as Paris Hilton's new partner in "Simple Life". If that isn't punishment I don't know what is.

HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227
“I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.”
- Not quite Oscar Wilde...

[outrager 6]

Quote

So how about that, GWB ??

Yeah, i'd love to see GWB's hanging live.

bsbd!

Yuri.

[wmw999 2,560]

I think that being a moderator for the SC would be pretty awful
Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[tso-d_chris 0]

Quote

what else can you sick motherfuckers come up with that will satiate your bloodlust?

Cheese graters. You forgot to have a day of cheese grater torture. Maybe that could be zero day?

[AlexCrowley 0]

Quote

Quote

what else can you sick motherfuckers come up with that will satiate your bloodlust?

Cheese graters. You forgot to have a day of cheese grater torture. Maybe that could be zero day?

Good point.

Cheese graters on Day 0 it is.

You're now welcome to 10% of whatever I get from the TV execs when I pitch this to them on Friday.

TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

[jimmytavino 16]

well... it never should have even come to a "trial"..
lemme see if I have this right????
First we ( the GWB administration) declare this Guy, nothing short of 'public enemy # 1 '....
then we use that as a reason to go over there, ( we can't even evacuate a city on our own territory, of it's own people,, during a "peacetime' weather catastrophe, yet we can muster TONs and Tons of munitions, equipment, and supplies and thousands and thousands of troops, halfway around around the world to blow the tar outta a bunch of sad, sorry and poor sand dwellers ) to "raise a little hell" and assert OUR way of life onto an indiginous population whose customs, laws, and behavior are ignored and are swept aside in favor of 'democracy'....
His two sons were killed when they were located. Can anyone explain why Saddam escaped that same fate,,, when HE was located?????.. IF we are at war!!!!!! with this mans' philosophy, unhappy with his past "atrocities" and looking to 'even the score' for the death and destruction for which S. Hussein is responsible... then why on earth was he not "dispatched' on the day he was captured...
Certainly, NONE of our US troops who have given a LIFE behind this "cause" had any sort of a chance to 'plead their case' before a tribunal,, on the world stage,,, evoking every last loophole, lawyer trick and twist of words, in an effort to extend their life.... Yet this seemingly "viscious" former tyrant.......who looks like he may be as "out there"... as one can be....will receive all sorts of considerations and 'support'.........
Likely to be sentenced to death????? don't count on it.....
work for peace, peacefully.

[mr2mk1g 10]

I think he stands a good chance of making the court look like a bunch of incompetent arseholes and dragging the whole thing out into a big charade.

The prosecutions hands are being tied by politician dick heads and spin-masters. They want things to be done under Iraqi law, result in an execution, and generally get some great sound bites for the press – hopefully in time for the next US election.

The defence however is not so constrained (assuming Saddam doesn't fuck things up for himself and stick his oar in of course). The defence is free to actually make legal arguments (rather than play up to the press gallery) and as such might actually pull off a bit of a coup.

As you said, the prosecution is dicing with trying him for crimes that didn't exist at the time he committed them. Those cannot stand up in court. If they do they'll make the whole exercise look like a sham. If those fail then there are questions to be asked about double jeopardy as I'm sure they'll try to tag him for something else.

This is the most likely reason they're only trying to pin enough on him to execute him and not everything they can. If they fail with these indictments, they can always pull another dozen out of the file and try again with those on different crimes. I guess Saddam shouldn't have been such a cunt.

The sad thing is they could easily fuck him instantly with international law without nearly quite so much bother. I think the US Administration doesn't want that to happen though because the administration at the moment really has a problem with the concept of there being any kind of supra-national body out there who could possibly hold them to account for something and as such constantly attempt to undermine the powers they helped give these bodies at the end of WWII.

There's a very real feeling at the moment that the US Administration feels "no one's gonna tell us who we can and cannot invade or why or what we can do while we're there'' As such they most certainly cannot suggest that there could ever be anyone out there who could possibly have that kind of authority over anyone... except for the US of course, they should be able to tell other countries what to do. The lesson will probably be; get off your high horse and do things the right way cos you're only going to fuck things up if you try and do things the wrong way.

My prediction is however that the prosecution lawyers will get their way and force the politician dicks and spin-masters to let them deal with the case as it needs to be dealt with on pain of Saddam actually getting off... that's if they're not too late already of course.

[artistcalledian 0]

Sadam's not a bad lad really i think we should forgive and forget

If the USA (oops, sorry... i meant the iraqi's) want to punish a world leader for crimes against his own people, are they going to carry that on and get Robert Mugabie?

________________________________________
drive it like you stole it and f*ck the police

[chutem 0]

This has pay per view written all over it.
James

[tbrown 26]

My entire motivation for even suggesting a live televised hanging would be so that we could declare toatal victory and get the hell out of there. GWB could strut around in his fighter pilot duds and declare "mission accomplished" all over again (I don't even care what he does anymore, he's a lame duck and his own party is deserting him).

Those people are going to go on klilling each other forever because they enjoy it. The only reason there even IS one nation of Iraq is because a dictator was brutal enough to make all of them toe the line (NOT to condone anything Saddam has done).

An if Al Qaeda takes over the country ? Well, that's what we have long range nukes for, isn't it ?

Hang him on TV, declare victory and bring the troops home.

Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

[kallend 2,117]

Looks like the trial is already a f%ckup. Security for the judges and prosecutors, but none for the defense - come on!

...

The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[tbrown 26]

If the USA (oops, sorry... i meant the iraqi's) want to punish a world leader for crimes against his own people, are they going to carry that on and get Robert Mugabie?

[tbrown 26]

His lawyer's going to have some good arguments. Personally, I think they should've just let the international court of justice try Hussein, because it would be a lot easier to make a case under the genocide convention and maybe under geneva, depending on the status of the people he killed and the surrounding circumstances.

[akarunway 1]

"hanging televised live" Drawn an quartered would be best. Gotta keep the sheep in the US REALLY entertained

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.