December 28, 2006
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Saddam Hussein
It is being reported by NBC and CBS News that Saddam Hussein will be executed before Sunday which is the start of the Eid religious holiday. Here is the link: Link
Does this make you feel even a little sorry for Saddam?
Comments (186)
yeah
i prayed for him today
just a little.
I think its a hypocritical. Kill him for killing other people. It seems like just a vicious cycle.
Haaaah. Nope.
Not at all.
i feel bad that we got him a death sentence when we were supposed to be looking for osama actually.
Life is temporary, it doesn’t matter who you are. I only feel sorry for Saddam insofar as I doubt that his soul is in a good state. Fortunately for him, God is all-merciful. I’ll be praying for Saddam.
Personally, I don’t think they shoulda killed him. Not for me thinking it’s inhumane or any of that, but just because I think the death penalty is an easy way out. Personal opinion, though.
But I don’t feel a smidgen of pity for him.
yes! On TV he looks so helpless.
i think the whole situation is screwed up. i’m against the death penalty, so my opinions biased.
haven’t decided. but does he really want my pity?
Im sorry that he didnt come to know Christ. He could have been “saved.” However, I support the hanging. It’s the law. Jesus didn’t come down to condemn the laws, but to fulfill them. So currently.. law says he oughta be hanged for the crimes he DID commit. So be it. He could still choose to be saved, still has time up until his very last breath.
i’d do him
hey, saddam, we’ll let you observe your religious holiday
haha, just kidding, we’re gonna hang you the day before!
Eid is this Sunday? Hm.
Yeah, that does make me feel kind of bad. Kind of puts a damper on the holiday in a way.
Then again, that’s only for those that actually care about Saddam.
Meh.
i can hear him saying “c’mon you guys, relax!”
(that’s from south park, for all y’all unedicated)
Sorry for him! Not even a little bit
Click here if you feel pity
Of course. Killing is wrong…especiallywhen there are other alternatives.
Babylon is falling…
I don’t think he should face the death sentence. I agree with eternal_revelance.
no
well,he has a lot of inhumane acts on his record,but honestly,I think we had no right to go into his country and fix its problems in the first place.so I think the world has no right to execute him.
gina
What about the book deal?!
may God have mercy on his soul.
Don’t feel sorry for him, no. I wonder if he will escape somehow as he’s being handed over to Iraqi officials. Then we would have to find him all over again.
Isn’t it human nature to have at least some pity for someone who’s life is about to end? I suppose even after all of the horrific things he has done…wouldn’t a lifetime spent rotting in jail be much more of a punishment than a fast ending? Isn’t death almost the easy way out for him? I feel a little of both pity and hatred for him I suppose.
Even the bible makes allowance for the persons who are put in the position of executioner for the sake of lawful justice….and frankly, I think this constitutes as lawful justice. Yeah, I feel sorry for him, but only because he never choose to accept Jesus Christ as his Savior, not because he is being executed. Even aside from lawful justice, I think we all know the passage about…an eye for an eye…thats all.
Given the circumstances of the trial and the method of execution: Yes, I do feel sorry for the man.
Independent of how skewed his trial was, he is a mass murderer, and almost every form of “justice” cries for his death. Yet, what would ending his life really bring? A sad, deposed shell. I think a more important consideration is the real world impacts (influence over the Iraq’s civil troubles) of him being put to death.
Soon, he’ll get to meet James Brown.
my pity for Saddam is in that he probably hasn’t accepted Christ nor built a relationship with Him…may many prayers go out for Saddam to repent and give his life to Christ before his execution. the way he lived his life and the impostion/deaths of people in the country he lead is also sad
I’ll believe it when it happens. Lord have mercy on his soul and all the thousands he murdered.
I feel sorry for him, yes. I feel sorry for anyone that has to be executed. I do not believe in “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” (or in Saddam’s case, an eye for many eyes, a tooth for many teeth…). It is cruel.
Not really. No.
no
No.
But for different reasons.
I tend to not pity others. I see it as a form of disrespect. Not to say that’s the reason here.
Nobody deserves to die. Killing killers doesn’t bring back the dead. Also, why should the Iraqi’s give him the trial? Isn’t it obviously one sided? And the poor guy has had three lawyers killed. I think it’s obvious a World Court should have tried him, where the maximum sentence he can get is Life Imprisonment
Sorry for him! Not even a little bit
Click here if you feel pity
Posted 12/28/2006 11:08 PM by trunthepaige
I still feel pity, you uneducated bigot
nope,
KILL THE DICTATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alittle bit. not too much though. when your doing bad stuff you know that someday ull probably pay for it
It is one of those situations in which it’s not so much a question of whether or not he was a good or a bad man but really more so what team are you on. Being neither in the camp of his friends nor his foes, it is hard for me to say. If I pitty him for any reason, it is for the fact that his trial and sentance were not so much the fruit of unbiased justice but rather the calculated endeavors of his sworn enemies.
you should join “idiot’s with a sense of humor”
Certainly
No I don’t feel any pity for Sadam Hussein. He did what he did knowing the consequences of what could happen if he was caught. He killed thousands of people and he was finally caught. He deserves to die. And the sooner the better.
fuck no.
not at all. everyone deserves death.
Not really. He deserved it. Plus, he’s not a cute cuddly animal by any any any means at all and I don’t have any details, and it’s not unfair. He’s not close to me at all all all all all all all, and I don’t like him. Under those conditions, I imagine I’d be desensitized to anyone’s death. Unless they died on their Birthday or something like that, or if they died a horrible death.
yes i do
Yes! Don’t kill him. Give him life. (as a sentence, and generally). As long as they’re breathing there’s hope.
Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong?
no
God rest his soul
I find it difficult to pity a total monster like him
Yeah, I do feel bad for him. It’s very easy to disassociate him with the terrible stuff that went on in Iraq under his reign.
He has it coming.
Horrible hygiene.
I pray for his soul,but feel no pity.
Sort of.
I wonder what’s going through his mind.
i really don’;t care.
Yes.
“may God have mercy on his soul.
Posted 12/28/2006 11:16 PM by annakristine270”
And may God have mercy on the rest, who take Saddam’s life into their own hands, take on a task reserved only for God
What?? I hope you’re kidding, why would I feel sorry for a man like that? I have a hard time even calling him a “man” I think it’s insane to even be hearing people feel more sorry for a person like Saddam then our own American forces…. their is something really fucked-up about that.
Do you know the final king of China?The Communist of Party inChina don’t put him to death.Just let him know how to wear pants and how to sew the botton by himself.
It is better to give him a cleaner job in the white house.
Considering the digusting fucking acts against humanity he committed against the Kurds.
Not at all.
Not even God should have mercy on his soul
nope.
no, not really.
No; He ruthlessly killed people who were entrusted to his political leadership.
I’ve been against the war since the beginning of it, but he’s still a very bad man.
But come on, which world leader right now isn’t?
So I don’t know. I’m against the death penalty by default, and who are we to execute him? Especially right before a religious holiday. We probably wouldn’t execute an American murderer on Christmas Eve.
He did the crime.
A little.
It depends on how you look at it.
-ALoudSilence
honestly i don’t think he should be hanged. Killing one person doesn’t bring back hundreds. One eye doesn’t equal a thousand.
I think it will only lead to more outbreak and hatred. I guess we are kind of running on “eye for an eye”. You kill, we kill. I don’t think its going to solve much of anything. I’m sure if i was personally hurt by him i’d want him dead and i think i’d rather be dead than in a high security cell for the rest of my life, but still. A well known person like him being executed isnt going to go over well with civilians who already hate America.
Nah… not really -_-
Not one bit.
No, I’m not psychopathic. No, I don’t hate him or anything.
But killers need to be removed. Period. If you don’t remove them, they will only cause more damage and harm more people.
What’s more evil? Killing a man, or letting him kill other people?
Sadam is our enemy. He would not definitely not be as merciful if roles were switched.
not even a little.
“come on, guys! relax!”
He deserves what he had coming.
I totally agree with annakristine270. Anytime a life is taken it should be with great thought and even sadness.
in all honesty, no. but i think if i really knew what hell was like, i’d feel differently.
uh not really…i have a hard time feeling bad for mass murders….
tho i am surprized that so many pple feel bad for him…
its wierd but whatever.
sympathy for this shit is long gone
No.
I think some of you should go back and read… the Iraqi government is executing Saddam… not the US… What are they supposed to do?? Keep him in prison for the rest of his life – Spend thousands of dollars feeding him, sheltering him and keeping clothes on his back when he wasn’t even doing that for his own people?? Give me a break…
Absolutely
I’ll be praying a lot for him this upcoming week = /
No….. but I’ll have a touch of sadness not to see his face in the news so frequently, it’s not HIS face that I see, but one of my best friends that passed away a few years ago, he’s the spitting image of him, if I didn’t know better, I’d think they had been brothers!!!
“What?? I hope you’re kidding, why would I feel sorry for a man like that? I have a hard time even calling him a “man” I think it’s insane to even be hearing people feel more sorry for a person like Saddam then our own American forces…. their is something really f*****-up about that.”
I didn’t see anyone say they feel more sorry for Saddam than the American troops scattered about. I feel bad for both, but the military forces aren’t being killed for the lives they’ve taken. And while it is slightly different because Saddam did it maliciously, any life taken is still permanently gone.
“Not even God should have mercy on his soul”
You’re right, He “shouldn’t”, but He does.
Ah, I couldn’t not mention this one.. hmmbumpus put it amazingly, “….And may God have mercy on the rest, who take Saddam’s life into their own hands, take on a task reserved only for God”
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not at all. I didn’t think it would be THIS quick though.
I do not agree with the death penalty. And I most certainly do not support hanging.
I do not understand a justice system that kills to get the point across that killing is wrong. I think it is not only hypocritical, but simply an easy way out for the guilty.
But I do not pity that man.
no! hellllllooooo, murdering dictator, anyone? remember?
Justice demands his blood. The blood of the countless innocents that he stole from demand that he be brought to his end. He has killed so many people. He killed so many innocent people for selfish gain. His death may not bring back any of those people he killed, but once dead he can no longer bring anymore grief or pain to the people of this world. So much suffering has come from that man. Yet, I do feel sorry for him. I wish he was a good man, but he is not. I wish he would admit to his crimes and repent for them. But, I find that unlikely. So, all I can say is, “May God ahve mercy upon his soul.”
I didn’t see anyone say they feel more sorry for Saddam than the American troops scattered about. I feel bad for both, but the military forces aren’t being killed for the lives they’ve taken. And while it is slightly different because Saddam did it maliciously, any life taken is still permanently gone.
Posted 12/29/2006 2:11 AM by bonniexx
Comparing it to a previous post… And why would they be killed for “lives they’ve taken”?? They shoot and kill when they’re the ones being targeted, or when they’re TOLD, they don’t just go off and kill people. The few soldiers who are being blamed for murder ARE under trial right now. And no, it’s not SLIGHTLY different, it’s VERY different. Saddam was a “leader” who was killing his OWN people, so… again… VERY different then what our soldiers and what the soldiers of other countries who are along side of us in Iraq and Afghanistan do during WAR.
it kind of does…..
What good would it do to keep him alive anyways? What’s the point of even punishing people then? So people who viciously kill for no reason, etc.. are supposed to get off with a slap on the wrist, by sitting in prison for the rest of their life? The only people that are getting punished in that situation are TAX PAYERS. Do you have any idea how much it costs to feed, clothe and shelter someone in prison?? Saddam is being punished by the Iraqi government, they can’t even afford to have a decent military, or to keep power on for more then 6 hours a day, generators are being sold for over $35,000 – much more then what the average Iraqi can afford. So why should they waste money keeping Saddam alive when they should be spending money on the majority??
What would the world be like if we did NOTHING to “leaders” like Saddam and terroists like Al-Queda or the Taliban? It’s time to start thinking logically… It’s impossible to send our troops out and try and just capture every single one of these bastards.. even if we had the money, the man-power, etc… - what would we do with all of them?? The world WILL be a better place without them, whether you think killing is wrong or not. Ignoring these issues will do nothing, but make it worse – as we already learned after 9-11 happened… Why should they be given the opportunity to live and to kill innocent people?? Why should we be setting the example to them that, if they kill.. it’s ok – we’re not coming after them.. most that could happen is they sit in jail and have the opportunity to escape, or have followers rise-up to defend them. When you keep evil around, it will spread… You also have to understand the way these people think (the terrorists)… they’re willing to DIE to kill anyone they don’t like.. they’re willing to DIE to make a “statement” – instead of giving them the opportunity, and since they want to die anyways, beat ‘em to it… at least that way their end result is the same, minus the killing of others.. So again… think logically…
I think it is what he deserves and in Iraq it is probably the correct move. As much as I think the death penalty should be avoided, I think that society must execute those it cannot safely put away for life. In the US, there is never the issue of safely locking someone up for life (unless Dukakis is Gov). In Iraq, I do not think that the same can be said.
Eh, no. Even if they tortured him with chains and whips beforehand, he’d still get what he deserves.
No, I don’t feel sorry for him. Even though I’m against the death penalty in principle.
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uh, hell no
Only because I have great respect for life…in all forms. What he did was horrible, but we must forgive in order to be forgiven.
No. Good riddance.
No, but fearful as to the retaliation!
i’m sorry that he made bad choices
Oddly yeah, just a little bit.
no
oh yes, I don’t like the execution of anyone even though I know it’s the right thing to do.
surely you jest?
Sounds like the start of a great holiday!
yes, don’t ask me why, I guess because he is just human. hearing abouth is atrocities made him seem super human or somethng, and when you see him on TV, he’s just a little guy, kinda pathetic.
Not to mention I don’t believe in killing people.
Bush should be hung right next to him. Or put infront of a shooting range.
But that’s just a little off topic isn’t it?
He had a life that he chose to use others, kill others maim others, so no – he is reaping what he has sowed!
I agree with hmmbumpus.
No, I don’t think they should just execute him. I think they should let the familys of the people he killed have an hour to do what they will to him, and then after about two years of that, then execute him.
I don’t feel sorry for him at all.
yes, contrary to what I probably “should” feel… I do feel sorry for him. It bothers me to think about it.
I do feel a little bad for him (even if it is Saddam, I can’t help but have a little human feeling). Must suck to know that you are going to die that way.
yes, I do feel sorry for him.
No, not at all… I feel no pity for that bastid. May the three fold law run over him like a mack truck.
So Mote It Be!
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hell no
I don’t feel bad for him at all. Let the punishment fit the crime. Keeping him alive will do nothing but allow certain extremists to try and free him over and over again. If we had just been “Oops, he got shot in a take down of this residence”, none of this would even be an issue. I actually give the countries who were in control of capturing him big props for turning him over to his country and letting them decide what to do with him.
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Sorry for him! Not even a little bit
Click here if you feel pity
Posted 12/28/2006 11:08 PM by trunthepaige
I still feel pity, you uneducated bigot
Posted 12/28/2006 11:36 PM by ryoma136”
Although there have been many times trunthepaige has pissed me off over stupid comments, I don’t see how posting a picture of a mass grave makes her an uneducated bigot? Maybe several other ignornant things she has said sure, but this one I have to give her credit as actually posting a good point.
Hell no!
I think a lifetime of prison should be his sentence, but he is being tried by the people upon who experienced his crimes, and they believe that hanging is the appropriate sentence. Barbaric ruler, barbaric sentence. I hate this.
Not really.
Poor baby
nope
I guess you all feel that he might as well start eternity today, eh? What of those people he killed that didn’t accept Jesus as “Lord and Savior”. I guess they’re all writhing about in a lake of fire, non? Shame on you all for your immoral thoughts. Shame on you all for believing the first lie.
Who a bigot? Who is a fool? Who is a liar?
-Isaac
Slightly.
Nope sure doesn’t. Dirty bastard deserves to die. His shit is the reason I can’t be with my husband every night.
Yes.
No. Off the sonuvabitch.
Kind of, yeah.
It’s a necessary evil…what else are we gonna do with him?
He’s costing money just sitting in the penal system anyway, we let him go he will cost more lives and more money
Sorry but I say get rid of him, I don’t feel sorry for him, he brought it on himself. He’s a genocidal maniac.
I just hope he has made his peace with God. I’m not being silly about that.
Yes. I’ve been praying for him. But I think they’re doing the right thing.
Happy New Year
No, I do not feel anything for him. After what he did, he should be killed and tortured just like the way he did others. No one should pray or have mercy on him. He did this to himself. And no one can help you but yourself. You people are ridiculous for saying you’ll pray for him and what not. I highly lost disrespect for some AMERICANS!
lmao NO! considering how many people he killed HELL NO! i think they should leave him at the mercy of the family members that lost their loved ones because of him. jack ass.
No! Why the fuck would anyone feel sorry for that bastard?
-KrIsTiN-
Hell NO ! he is responsible for many many deaths….
The man was a monster. He deserves everything that has happened to him and more. Hanging is to good for him and personally, I think he should be gassed. It’s painful, slow, and he needs to feel what it was like to be a Kurd in the village of Halabja. If I could, I would pay to watch that bastard swing.
nope
Not at all. Remember where I spent most of this year.
“yes! On TV he looks so helpless.” kaylatwo
He didn’t look so helpless when he was murdering families and torturing people.
no i dont. i do believe that maybe death isnt the right way to punish him but like.. what should he be condemned to do? go to ex-concentration camps and see past human suffering and how his ways were no different than hitler’s!?!? the guy’s not human anymore. i dont feel sorry for anyone who doesnt regret committing his life to horrors like homicides and genocides.
Sorry?…….Checking…………Nope, not a bit. Some people deserve to die and he is one of them. He placed no value on others’ lives so turnabout seems fair to me.
” think its a hypocritical. Kill him for killing other people. It seems like just a vicious cycle.”
Posted 12/28/2006 10:58 PM by eternal_relevance
um, yeah.
he chose this for himself. I feel sorry for him, but at the same time I’m glad that he won’t be on this earth anymore, ya know?
nah…
no..he’s done terrible things to a lot of innocent people
Sorry for him? Not at all.
Of course I feel sorry for him. I do not think he deserves to be hanged like this.
not with that face
and his own version of the HAIL HITLER gesture
you all like sudon husan he is more like mr insane!let him die he is a friggin retard. by the way visit my web any time and stop prayin for mr insanity
…would we feel sorry for hitler?
Fight Mental Illness Stigma
hell no to all u fuckers who feel sorry for him!
nope
A bit not alot though!
If Saul (Paul) could have been saved, then Saddam certainly could too. But I highly doubt it, so no, I don’t pity someone who has killed so many others. He should have been executed a long time ago.
Personally, I agree that Saddam was a horrible man, blah blah blah, all that good stuff. But being against the death penalty, how am I supposed to think, eh?
heeeeeeeck no
feel sorry no im sorry that i believe is too hard to do
but i don’t understand why we went into another country to fix other people’s problems
i know helping is nothing bad but since when has the US done that? and its not working!!
and another thing i agree with what someone already said its stupid to kill someone for killing it just seems dumb
i think life in prison is worse and im sorry but its true everyone dies and by killing him i don’t think we have anything to be proud of
but am i sorry for him no! why should i be hes killed too many
hes a bad person but what i question is our desicions
No. If he wanted me to feel sorry for him, he should’ve thought about that before making I and all of America hate him.
no pity whatsoever…
No way!
It’s silly that posts written by Dan get more commenters.
I don’t feel sorry for him but I know a lot of people that do.
No.
It is amazing how many people bring God into this, not to mention “and eye for an eye” and then one sentence later mention Christ. Jesus came and taught people a new way, to turn the other cheek, he was AGAINST retlaiation. Now i’m not saying that we should just over look what he has done, but no one deserves to die. And how can you punish someone for killing someone by killing them? Violence begets violence, it is an awful cycle that they are usuing propaganda to sway opinions with. If this was your father, your brother, your son, would you still say KILL HIM after what he has done? Or would you still love him and wish him life?
His shit is the reason I can’t be with my husband every night.
Posted 12/29/2006 9:36 AM by babygirlbanister
I don’t see what that has to do with the post. If the draft was in use, I could understand this argument, but since your husband DECIDED to join the armed forces…
No. I do not feel sorry for him, except in regards to his finding salvation is shortened (and may not happen). Saddam is worthy of death (for killing his fellow citizens), and is going to arrive sooner than expected (and why would he see James Brown? Didn’t he go the other way?)
Sorry for him, no.
But I’d rather see him with life in prison with no possibility of parole.
Death penalty is just an easy way out. It’s usually quick and almost pain free unless they get the dosage wrong in which it’s extremely painful and way too long, but that doesn’t happen very often. Besides, he’s going to be hung which is harder to screw up in my opinion. Even then, it’s the easy way out and I think life in prison with no parole would be more torture. Spending every day, every waking moment being utterly bored for one and contemplating the fact that you’ll never see friends or family ever again. That and you’re surrounded by other crooks. It sounds scary. >_<
But… I still don’t feel sorry for him.
the whole hanged thing just… i dont know.
He is now dead 10:26 eastern time
He’s dead. Hung at 6:00 too late for feeling sorry now.
i felt sorry for him the second he was humiliated in front of a nation hungrily watching and praying for his death. Jesus, come on now. And now he is being hung….no one has cried out! Its absolutely rediculous, in fact, its so rediculous im going to start a petition right now. Adios Dan
Derek
I bet it sucks knowing you are about to die. I would hate to be in his position. But I can’t say I feel sorry for him. I feel sorry for the Iraqi people.
he’s dead!
nope
F^&%#$(^# *&^%R^&%$ No. He deserves it
Just heard on the news recently that he and a few other former Iraqi officlas were executed early morning (Friday).
Yes… It makes me feel really bad inside… This whole thing is JUST not right.
Our country is fucked. The world is a mess. AND so many of you out there allowed this to happed by Voting for BUSH a second time…
Way to go jerks…
is it bad that i don’t?
Nope…Not at all.
If that were Ben Ladin then I would not feel sorry for him though!
> Not this week or year or those before….
Peace
yes
No.
yes
I love him. Still.