Saddam Hussein action figure

[Enrique 0]

So, help me out here: is this supposed to be funny or entertaining? If it is, I must be missing the point. It seems there is no respect for anything anymore, not even death!

[willard 0]

Your link didn't work. Is this the one you saw?

http://www.herobuilders.com/political/default.htm

[Enrique 0]

Yep, that's the one. (I fixed the link too)

[JohnRich 4]

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So, help me out here: is this supposed to be funny or entertaining? If it is, I must be missing the point. It seems there is no respect for anything anymore, not even death!

Sadam Hussein had no respect for life, and killed hundreds of thousands of his own countrymen. So he can't expect people to have respect for him, even in his death.

[Enrique 0]

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Sadam Hussein had no respect for life, and killed hundreds of thousands of his own countrymen. So he can't expect people to have respect for him, even in his death.

I think it's a matter of principle, not a matter of what the guy did during his life. Government leaders are also killing thousands of their countrymen by sending them to war, but that doesn't give anyone the right to sell an action figure making fun of the way he/she dies... at least not in my opinion.

[Richards 0]

Yeah it is tasteless but it is pretty funny.

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[Enrique 0]

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Yeah it is tasteless but it is pretty funny.

What if an Iraqi manufacturer came up with an action figure of a US soldier being blown up by a car bomb? Would that still be funny yet tasteless, or would it be something else?

[headoverheels 333]

I don't have a problem with it at all, I just think it is too obvious to be funny. Anyway, not as tasteless as the Nicole Brown Simpson Pez dispenser.

[Richards 0]

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What if an Iraqi manufacturer came up with an action figure of a US soldier being blown up by a car bomb? Would that still be funny yet tasteless, or would it be something else?

[livendive 8]

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Sadam Hussein had no respect for life, and killed hundreds of thousands of his own countrymen. So he can't expect people to have respect for him, even in his death.

Why is killing one's own countrymen considered worse than killing other people's countrymen?

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[kallend 2,112]

Apparently there's a lot of money to be made selling tasteless stuff to tasteless people. That makes it OK, I suppose.

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[usedtajump 1]

Wouldn't consider any of them funny or entertaining but dumb sounds about right. Anything for a buck.

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[masterrig 1]

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Sadam Hussein had no respect for life, and killed hundreds of thousands of his own countrymen. So he can't expect people to have respect for him, even in his death.

I think it's a matter of principle, not a matter of what the guy did during his life. Government leaders are also killing thousands of their countrymen by sending them to war, but that doesn't give anyone the right to sell an action figure making fun of the way he/she dies... at least not in my opinion.

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I don't have a problem with it at all, I just think it is too obvious to be funny. Anyway, not as tasteless as the Nicole Brown Simpson Pez dispenser.

That wasn't tasteless. There was grape, cherry, lemon and tangerine.

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[kelpdiver 2]

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I think it's a matter of principle, not a matter of what the guy did during his life. Government leaders are also killing thousands of their countrymen by sending them to war, but that doesn't give anyone the right to sell an action figure making fun of the way he/she dies... at least not in my opinion.

If you have a complaint, it's with the blown up Uday one. But come on - this place isn't for you if you lack any sense of humor. The various Bush ones are pretty good - esp the super hero one.

[JohnRich 4]

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Sadam Hussein had no respect for life, and killed hundreds of thousands of his own countrymen. So he can't expect people to have respect for him, even in his death.

I think it's a matter of principle, not a matter of what the guy did during his life. Government leaders are also killing thousands of their countrymen by sending them to war, but that doesn't give anyone the right to sell an action figure making fun...

So you are opposed as a matter of principle to people who produce images and products which make fun of President Bush?

[JohnRich 4]

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What if an Iraqi manufacturer came up with an action figure of a US soldier being blown up by a car bomb? Would that still be funny yet tasteless, or would it be something else?

A while back, there was a news story of Middle Eastern nations selling scale models of the world trade center buildings, with planes crashing into them and erupting into flames.

Some news organizations here in America purchase footage of U.S. soldiers being blown up by bombs, and splash them on national TV.

Do you oppose these things?

[Enrique 0]

Hell yes, I oppose to that!

[Enrique 0]

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Sadam Hussein had no respect for life, and killed hundreds of thousands of his own countrymen. So he can't expect people to have respect for him, even in his death.

I think it's a matter of principle, not a matter of what the guy did during his life. Government leaders are also killing thousands of their countrymen by sending them to war, but that doesn't give anyone the right to sell an action figure making fun...

So you are opposed as a matter of principle to people who produce images and products which make fun of President Bush?

I don't think it is a bad thing to make fun of people who are stupid, like GWB... he brings it on to himself. When he dies (and eventually he will), I would also disagree with anyone making fun of his passing. I don't agree with making fun about the way someone dies, regardless of who they are or what they did... it seems a little bit sick. Imagine a doll representing JFK's shooting. Not nice...