Bye Bye Saddam

[Spectre]

teh article (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061229/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saddam_7)

Faster then I thought

[PaintedBlackCloud]

Hmm, you have to wonder what he is thinking right about now.

[heavy_ddr]

He deserves worse.

Oh well, at least he's not gonna do any more harm to my Americas.

[The Ghost888]

Oh well, at least he's not gonna do any more harm to my Americas.
: /

I competely forgot all about him, well guess I'll continue that routine now.

[MadassAlex]

He deserves worse.

Don't bring this up again.

[Benjurafu]

I hope this doesn't cause a backlash that could harm the troops in Iraq.

Might be a little too soon, I dunno...

[heavy_ddr]

Don't bring this up again.
Hehe, that was funny.

[BlueArmyMan]

I'm surprised he's exhausted his appeals this quickly. Still, I refuse to believe that it has happened until I see proof that it has.

[heavy_ddr]

I'm surprised he's exhausted his appeals this quickly. Still, I refuse to believe that it has happened until I see proof that it has.
Yeah, I want to see pictures of a hung Iraqi too.

[Fagballs McTwat]

So apparently in about an hour. Thought it was tomorrow.

[HonorableThief]

*sniff* I smell WWIII cooking. :D

[BunnyHat]

Wow.

They don't bullshit around like the American system uh?

[HonorableThief]

Wow.

They don't bullshit around like the American system uh?
Actually, it was an Iraqi court that convicted and are executing him.

[Spectre]

Actually, it was an Iraqi court that convicted and are executing him.
Thanks HT thats what he was saying

[HonorableThief]

Read that wrong.

[Rinku]

well, he was supposed to be hung nine minutes ago. Ill be watching the news tonight to see whats up then.

[Unggoy]

It's oficial. Hes dead. Iam watching FOX news.

[Sanjiyan]

A human being he may be, but he's still a cunt. Bye, asshat.

[Rinku]

It's oficial. Hes dead. Iam watching FOX news.


Well, whats done is done, im afraid of what the aftermath will be.

[Unggoy]

Well, if its anything like when his sons died, theres bound to be alot of gunfire.

[Sanjiyan]

There will be terrorist attacks by his supporters in the middle east.
Fucking wow did that come out of left field.

[Rinku]

Possibly even worse. His sons caused that much violence in the wake of their deaths, imagine Saddam's.

[HonorableThief]

There will be repercussions. And wouldn't be surprised if spread outside the Middle East, too.

[Sarge McD]

Good Riddance.

[Sanjiyan]

If he lives, there are horrible consequences.
If he dies, there are horrible consequences.
Go with your conscience imho.

[Candin]

I need a scan of that Non Sequitor comic where the Iraqi guy is in hell, and the devil is saying "Oh yeah, you still get the 72 virgins, but they all have PMS for eternity."

[Chrisboe4ever]

No good will come of this execution. It wont stop the violence, it wont save lives, it wont do anything except look good on the resume of some lucky executioner. If they really wanted to make Saddam pay, they should have had him do something that would contribute to society. Perhaps have him fund several public rebuilding projects and help feed the hungry with his enormous fortune. But most likely, all the money that Saddam has left in assets will probably be used to buy more guns for this never-ending war.

That's what I think, at least.

[Skee]

Hoo shit.

No one should have the right to decide life or death for someone. Having said that, Saddam did do a lot of shit. Shame he doesn't have a concience so he could decide for himself.

Nothing good will come of this. Nothing good at all... Perhaps if he was imprisoned, the fighting would continue on this scale... But when he dies... I predict shit. Everywhere.

[Incognecron]

I need a scan of that Non Sequitor comic where the Iraqi guy is in hell, and the devil is saying "Oh yeah, you still get the 72 virgins, but they all have PMS for eternity."

People still use the term PMS? :lol:

[Templar.]

And there was much Rejoicing.


yay.

[HonorableThief]

People still use the term PMS? :lol:
Um... why wouldn't they? Isn't that a proper term for it?

But Saddam's dead, shit will fly, would wants cake? =D

[Candin]

People still use the term PMS? :lol:
Last time I checked...

[Psychosis]

I sure as hell don't want cake. It'll be covered in shit and/or PMS at this rate.

As for the execution, he did deserve it. Though, at the same time, I feel it was rather meaningless to execute him after waiting so long in the first place.

[Sarge McD]

I sure as hell don't want cake. It'll be covered in shit and/or PMS at this rate.

As for the execution, he did deserve it. Though, at the same time, I feel it was rather meaningless to execute him after waiting so long in the first place.

Its still pretty fucking surreal. Saddam is dead. Its just weird... like its no where near the "Are you serious?" kind of feeling when I first heard the twin towers.. but still pretty high up there.

[HonorableThief]

I bet to some level, death is exactly what he wanted. Martyrdom and all that shit.

[PaintedBlackCloud]

I'm sure the hundred and fifty something people he massacred are going to be happy to see him once he's dead.

[Sarge McD]

I'm sure the hundred and fifty something people he massacred are going to be happy to see him once he's dead.

It'll be like the last scene of Titanic.. but instead of being at a ball, it'll be in a Thunderdome.. and instead of dancing they'll all have guns, knives, and other pointy things.

[Dr. Jager]

It's either good that they didn't announce when exactly they were going to do it so no one could stop them, or he's not dead. But it'd be more ironic if he was alive and they put him back in power.

[Sarge McD]

It's either good that they didn't announce when exactly they were going to do it so no one could stop them, or he's not dead. But it'd be more ironic if he was alive and they put him back in power.

How is that ironic?

[Spectre]

It's either good that they didn't announce when exactly they were going to do it so no one could stop them
10 pm EST

They didn't say where though, they set up two diffrent locations and no one knows WHICH they used

[klein]

10 pm EST

They didn't say where though, they set up two diffrent locations and no one knows WHICH they used

Send one guy to one and one to another?

But ya, he kind of deserved it.

[HonorableThief]

No poem for this post, but fuck you and stop trying to spread misinformation, you asshole. He really did say that, even if he said that to make a martyr out of himself.
Really? I couldn't find the article.

[Spectre]

No poem for this post, but fuck you and stop trying to spread misinformation, you asshole. He really did say that, even if he said that to make a martyr out of himself.

As an aside, he was just lynched and goodbye to the bastard!
Says to US led foriegn troops, not the US its self

and im the asshole flamming people right?

[Jog To Oval]

Really? I couldn't find the article.
Here is one of the many links that says it http://www.talkleft.com/story/2006/12/27/181610/36

And spectre, 'flam' all you want, dog.

I will resume the poetry with my next post.

EDIT: I will get off my high horse if you get out of the bottom of the barrel.

[Chrisboe4ever]

Its still pretty fucking surreal. Saddam is dead. Its just weird... like its no where near the "Are you serious?" kind of feeling when I first heard the twin towers.. but still pretty high up there.
My dad told me he was executed just a few minutes ago. My initial reaction was the same as when I saw the news broadcasts of the Twin Towers: "Hrm...*insert raised left eyebrow here*"

I never imagined that they'd actually go through with killing Saddam, though. I figured he'd be in-and-out of appeals court for the rest of his life, like Slobadon Malosavich (spelling?) is. Perhaps he isn't really dead. He probably pulled a "Kennith Lay" and "died" when it was most convenient for "the powers that be" and is now sipping margaritas on some tropical island full of topless women.

[Scytheboy]

Bickering deleted. Next it'll be a ban.

[BlueArmyMan]

I never imagined that they'd actually go through with killing Saddam, though. I figured he'd be in-and-out of appeals court for the rest of his life, like Slobadon Malosavich (spelling?) is.

Milosevic is the correct spelling, I believe. Dude's name came up at work just the other day.

I was figuring he'd be riding appeals for years as well, hence my comment earlier in the thread. I'm somewhat surprised to hear that he actually was executed.

[Atlarge]

You got to think he's up there on the all time list of people who deserved it most.

[Tiki]

Bush is both the biggest hero in the US, and the biggest villain. I reads it in the newspaper.

[Shadow40000]

Oh-ho-ho...


I cannot WAIT for South Park's take on this.


Edit: Oh and some of you said you were suprissed by them actually going through with it. I however, am not suprissed. They're some pretty vengful people over there.

[radiopillows]

Always against capital punishment regardless of the criminal. Murdering murderers perpetuates a society of death.

Actually this whole thing has sent me into kind of a depression.

[Aetre]

i know i can't speak for everybody, but...

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

TAKE THAT, MOTHERFUCKER!

okay. done now.

[Fagballs McTwat]

Like I stated on IRC, I didn't believe that the hanging was going to happen until the very end. I thought there would have been some sort of excuse at the last second. Even now I'd say a part of me still doesn't believe it.

*Insert Aetre's quote here*
Pretty much. Capital punishment is an iffy subject, but for this guy I'll make an exception.

[HonorableThief]

Always against capital punishment regardless of the criminal. Murdering murderers perpetuates a society of death.

Actually this whole thing has sent me into kind of a depression.
I actually agree with this. I mean, what did killing the guy accomplish other than getting one of the biggest douches on the planet killed?

As far as I can tell, barely any good, and I bet a ton of really bad in the future.

[Americo]

So does this mean he is officially starting his homosexual relationship with Satan?

[Balto]

D8

[Chrisboe4ever]

So does this mean he is officially starting his homosexual relationship with Satan?
Strangely enough, I believe those animated documentaries of truth that were provided by the Central of Comedy were fictional in origin. Perhaps Satan is not, as the germans say, a "fudgenpackar" or a "hosengrabbar" as were were led to think.

[Americo]

Strangely enough, I believe those animated documentaries of truth that were provided by the Central of Comedy were fictional in origin. Perhaps Satan is not, as the germans say, a "fudgenpackar" or a "hosengrabbar" as were were led to think.
If that's true... *opens his closet* TOM!

[Johnny]

I sure as hell don't want cake. It'll be covered in shit and/or PMS at this rate.

As for the execution, he did deserve it. Though, at the same time, I feel it was rather meaningless to execute him after waiting so long in the first place.
Because its funny to see a man jerking and dangling from a rope.

Jeez. I thought of all the people, you'd understand this.

[el Bandito]

They should of tossed him out of a space shuttle or something. Death by hanging is too lame IMO.

[Tommah666]

Well, all this will caused and has caused is a Sunni backlash against Shi'ite territories. Even though he did deserve the sentence I'm not happy about how the trial was conducted, it was rushed and the other cases he was up for he obviously can't continue to be tried for. We watched as he walked to the gallows, refused a hood and screamed "Allah ackbah" (God is great/good) before the short drop and sudden stop. Only saw as far as him having the rope around his neck though. He tried to go out as a martyr but he has no real supporters left, it's just Sunnis who feel disenfranchised from regime change and Shi'ite death squads exploiting new found power to exact their revenge with coalition forces caught in between.

[Chrisboe4ever]

They should of tossed him out of a space shuttle or something. Death by hanging is too lame IMO.
Death by hanging is terrifying! Ever seen Oz?

[Tommah666]

Death by hanging is dependent on the weight of the person and length of the drop, if done it can snap the person's neck and kill them instantly, maybe some twitching. Or they're strangled and jerk around a lot

We've already seen some backlash towards the Shi'ites with 30 dead and 45 injured in one attack and at least 1 US soldier dead

[Chrisboe4ever]

In Oz, whats-her-face wanted Death by Hanging, and she was all pumped up to go through with it, but then when she saw the gallows, she snapped and burst into tears.

[radiopillows]

Already more dead American troops than there were civilians dead in 9/11. Doesn't mean anything itself, just something to think about the costs of "war".

[Tommah666]

Eitherway, Saddam's death will cause this rise in violence which will then drop to previous levels, eitherway it sucks

[Chrisboe4ever]

As long as there are things people want there will always be war. Especially if the people who have the things that others want won't share.

Perfect example is a lot of diamond wars out there. Because a lot of people value diamonds, even though they are worthless see-through stones, people who live where the diamonds come from will kill for them because they know they could get a lot of money for them.

[OsakaOrangeAid]

As long as there are things people want there will always be war. Especially if the people who have the things that others want won't share.

Perfect example is a lot of diamond wars out there. Because a lot of people value diamonds, even though they are worthless see-through stones, people who live where the diamonds come from will kill for them because they know they could get a lot of money for them.

How are diamonds worthless? They are the hardest known natural substance on earth and the third hardest only when you include synthetic materials that are created from diamonds (diamond nanorods), and are used extensively in industry for this property. Quit being pretentious.

[Bogbrush]

As long as there are people there will always be war.
Fix'd

[Sandor]

I really don't see what this has achieved. Still I won't mourn his passing.

[Incognecron]

As long as there are VGcats forums there will always be war.Fix'd
lol

[JCM]

Ill skip the usual list of stuff Saddam got from US and Europe, weaponry and chemicals, and the list of dicators supported past and present by the West, even the US bodycount in Iraq surpassing 9-11 numbers and the Iraqi deaths 2000-short to surpassing the Saddam year's bodycount, or even the everlasting Shiite/Sunni grudge that Saddam kept in check and US cant and say this-

Its good seeing someone take out one of the biggest foreign policy errors in the Middle East. Im just surprised it took 3 presidencies for someone to do so.

If anyone deserved hanging, Saddam is that person.

Im going to wait and see how the Iraq situation is in the next 2 years before giving an opinion on it.

[Chrisboe4ever]

How are diamonds worthless?
They are worthless because they are not rare. There is an extremely large amount of diamonds available in the world, today. The reason why they are considered "rare" is because the greedy people who own the diamond mines only allow a handfulls of their warehouses of diamonds out at a time because they know they'll get more money that way than if they sold a lot of diamonds at cheap prices. Basic rule of Supply and Demand. Economics has no ethics.

[Thedrizzle]

they should have just shot him when they found him, and said he attacked them.

would have been MUCH simpler

[Sandor]

they should have just shot him when they found him, and said he attacked them.

would have been MUCH simpler
Simpler isn't better or more just, infact it is usually the opposite.

[Tommah666]

Well, that was interesting to see.

[Rinku]

yikes.

[Sandor]

Saddam hung

Warning, the guy took long to suffocate.
Wait why did he suffocate? We even had the decency to kill the Nazi's with a modicum of respect in so far as not prolonging the punishment.

Well another glorious milestone for the free Iraq. A shining example for the rest of the middle east.

[Tommah666]

Wait why did he suffocate? We even had the decency to kill the Nazi's with a modicum of respect in so far as not prolonging the punishment.

Well another glorious milestone for the free Iraq. A shining example for the rest of the middle east.

Actually they just got too thin in prison so some executioners had to jump onto the rope to finish them off or they would have just dangled there for a while.

[Chrisboe4ever]

In some cases during the Wild Wild West, people who were hung were so heavy that their necks couldn't support the weight and the heads came right off.

[Lilium]

A person can live up to 15 minutes max after they are droped.

Edit: so i guess jumping on the rope would have speed up his death.

[Chrisboe4ever]

Brendan Fraser survived being hung during the world-renowned documentary where he thwarts an actual mummy.

[Sanjiyan]

I wonder if I'm the only person who now can't stop thinking about Fallout.

War. War never changes.

[SexyTiger]

Bandwith limit exceeded.

[HotPuppy]

A link has already been posted Fred, and honestly I've seen worse things I suppose.

Thank you Ogrish, thank you.

EDIT: Scratch that, poster removed the link

[Jamboza]

Indeed, twas I thought he was going to die in like early december.
The world is rid of a horrible man. good riddance.

[Americo]

A link has already been posted Fred, and honestly I've seen worse things I suppose.

Thank you Ogrish, thank you.

EDIT: Scratch that, poster removed the link
Yeah, I browsed the topic and didn't see it. I know it's not much but I figured why not warn. XD

[Sarge McD]

Or just NOT post it at all.

[Psychosis]

All right you sick and twsited fucks.

If I see ONE more person post a link to that sick fucking shit, you're gone for 2 months.

[Americo]

They were playing it on MSN all day...

[Sarge McD]

This isnt MSN, Fred.

[Americo]

Thank god, other wise I couldn't say fuck.

[Affe Fuego]

If only they had hung him Christmas Morning....*Sigh*

I've actually, briefly, talked with my parents about this. It started out with me spotting a newspaper article titled "Hanged" My first reaction had been as follows. " Shouldn't it say 'Hung?' " "Think about how wrong that would look!" "Oh, yeah. Right."

Of course it quickly turned to whether or not it would have been better to kill him or let him rot away slowly.

[HaXxorIzed]

I still remain oblivious as to why on earth I should be happy about this. It's not my opposition to the death penalty, or the fact this will achieve little that niggles me. In truth, I just can't figure out why the fuck the courts should be lauded for killing him at the earliest possible opportunity instead of nailing him utterly in the genocide case that is still going on right as we speak, if I remember correctly. It just seems like ... a waste, or a reasonably weak guesture.

Now that he's dead, the symbolic importance of him standing trial for his greatest crime of all and a sense of justice for those who did suffer under his regime that the case he was executed over is gone. He was rushed to be killed off in a manner that'll make a martyr out of him while the very trial over his larger scale atrocities continues, and the world, and international law is not better for it (right after 'lawlz Slobodan Milošević dies we couldn't ever actually get that case finished). But that's me, and as far as I can tell only international law observers and a few people share my concern.

[MadassAlex]

lawlz saddam is dead we're fucked this case up LOL

[Unggoy]

lawlz saddam is dead we're fucked this case up LOL

What a predictable post.

[Dr. Jager]

I just don't see the significance. You kill one person in Texas, death penalty. You kill 150 in the Middle East, death penalty. What kind of example does that set? If I kill one man and know I'm going to be caught and killed, why shouldn't I go crazy with the time I have left?

[Americo]

I just don't see the significance. You kill one person in Texas, death penalty. You kill 150 in the Middle East, death penalty. What kind of example does that set? If I kill one man and know I'm going to be caught and killed, why shouldn't I go crazy with the time I have left?
And how would you change this? I would personally think it would be cool if he was tortured and then forced to fight a bear but hey, the public doesn't agree with that.

[Unggoy]

Well you see, Saddam is a figure head of sorts. By killing him it shows the other nut-jobs that no matter how rich and powerfull you are, someones going to kill you for the stuff you did.

Also, Saddam was arguably one of the most evil people ever to live. He deserved no less.

[MadassAlex]

What a predictable post.

someone call the police I HAVE BEEN RAPED

[HotPuppy]

Saddam should have had three penises up his butt instead of being hung, having a sore ass is the worse thing ever I swear.

[Americo]

Saddam should have had three penises up his butt instead of being hung, having a sore ass is the worse thing ever I swear.
*sigh* I wish...

[Sarge McD]

I just don't see the significance. You kill one person in Texas, death penalty. You kill 150 in the Middle East, death penalty. What kind of example does that set? If I kill one man and know I'm going to be caught and killed, why shouldn't I go crazy with the time I have left?

Are you suggesting we come up with some kind of.. Double Death Penalty?

[MadassAlex]

Are you suggesting we come up with some kind of.. Double Death Penalty?

Take away their respawn points, Sarge.

[Valkor]

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9437/untitledas4.jpg

Only 9 left.

If anyone has a link to him being hanged with a Benny Hill-esque remix please private message me.

[Ice Cold]

Someone taped his death?
And added Benny Hill music?
How patriotic.

[Sarge McD]

So....

How's that search for Osama goin'?

[Chrisboe4ever]

So....

How's that search for Osama goin'?
Who!?

[Sarge McD]

Some guy who work for a 7-11 I think.

[Chrisboe4ever]

Some guy who work for a 7-11 I think.
Bitch sold me some bad pot! Owes me 8 bucks, at least!

[Scytheboy]

Deleting anything for death penalty debate. CARRY ON.

[Chrisboe4ever]

Yet more proof that the VG Cats forum isn't a democracy :D

I saw pictures of Saddam after he was hung. The hairs on my arms stood up. It always happens when I see a dead body, picture or in real life.

[Benjurafu]

Someone taped his death?
And added Benny Hill music?
How patriotic.
I watched the CNN movie while Hard Days Night was playing on my MP3 player... >.>;;;

[Valkor]

Pff... Benny Hill music with fast forward / rewind can make anything funny.

Anything.

[Escavel]

Untrue. It can't make things that are already funny funnier. Benny Hill music only works on solemn occasions.

[Shadow40000]

On youtube, I once saw a video of benny hill music applied to the 9/11 footage.


It was.... undescribable how I felt after watching it...

[Chrisboe4ever]

On youtube, I once saw a video of benny hill music applied to the 9/11 footage.


It was.... undescribable how I felt after watching it...
I thought it was funny. Especially the sped-up video of the running people. BUT BACK ON SUBJECT!

Saddam is dead. Your thoughts?

[Escavel]

Only one: I'm suprised the time between his capture and his death being so short compared to how it works in America, but when I think about how things work out in the Middle East, I wonder why the hell it took so long.

[Shadow40000]

Same as Esc.

(Damn.. talk about having the exact same opinion as someone else...)


I also like that they hung him. It's old school and totaly fitting if you ask me.

[MadassAlex]

I also like that they hung him. It's old school and totaly fitting if you ask me.

I think it's disgusting and barbaric, but that's probably just me.

[Chrisboe4ever]

In America, the penalty for treason is Death By Hanging. However, politicians seem exempt from this punishment because they commit willful acts of treason all the time to get a little extra green in their pockets. If they have a stockpile of "Get out of hanging free" cards in a warehouse somewhere, I wanna find it.

[Sandor]

Only one: I'm suprised the time between his capture and his death being so short compared to how it works in America, but when I think about how things work out in the Middle East, I wonder why the hell it took so long.
Well there needed to be a show trial and all.

Tommah I was aware of that (wasn't it actually a guy under the gallows who pulled on their weight?), my point was we didn't prolong their deaths.

[JCM]

:-(

Youtube removed the video I posted, yet again.

:(

[hammy]

Only one: I'm suprised the time between his capture and his death being so short compared to how it works in America, but when I think about how things work out in the Middle East, I wonder why the hell it took so long.

you dont know how things work in the middle east...


ok basically, this is from an arab living in an arabic country.

he was hung in the exact same place he executed afew thousand people before.

the reason it took this long was because there was some hub bub at first with the american officials wanting to be in charge, blahdeblah, etc.

almost all the sunni's are still behind suddam, which is a gigantically huge population. but still, its the Shi'iis (shi'iis not shi'iites you tits, there's no fucking T) who are the western haters, not the sunnis.

in all the arabic countries, only the people who hated the US wanted him dead, the countries that are in some sort of agreement with the westerners were against killing him. except for kuwait.

and they executed him on Eid, which is a very big celebration for muslims, it threw alot of people off and ruined alot of peoples eid and new years. luckily, nobody I know was annoyed or even gave half a fuck, so everyone accepted my hand slaughtered goat :D

[Affe Fuego]

I think it's disgusting and barbaric, but that's probably just me.

Imagine if they used the guillotine? Hell, what if they burned him at the stake or put him on the stretcher. I should really stop thinking about medieval/Inquisition torture methods.

[ChopperDave]

Imagine if they used the guillotine? Hell, what if they burned him at the stake or put him on the stretcher. I should really stop thinking about medieval/Inquisition torture methods.
That stuff is child's play compared to what my English teacher told us how they did it back in the Puritan times. With the slowly sinking onto spikes and rib cages bursting and okay I'll stop now...

[Affe Fuego]

That stuff is child's play compared to what my English teacher told us how they did it back in the Puritan times. With the slowly sinking onto spikes and rib cages bursting and okay I'll stop now...

That reminds me of an Edgar Allen Poe Story I read once. The pit and the pendulum. God that story was crazy.

[frosty]

Imagine if they used the guillotine?

At least it would be over quick, hell, I'd take it over a hanging any day. IMO

[Atlarge]

I was talking with some guy who was ranting about how it's terrible that we allowed Iraq to continue the death penalty and so on.
I asked him why he felt we could force that on the Iraqi people when all he ever does is whinge about how we're forcing Democracy on the Iraqis.
The conversation ended with a "Fuck you." as all good conversations should.

[Metal gear MKII]

I think it's disgusting and barbaric, but that's probably just me.
Its least barbaric by middle east standards. He could of got a hell lot worse.

[Metal gear MKII]

I was talking with some guy who was ranting about how it's terrible that we allowed Iraq to continue the death penalty and so on.
I asked him why he felt we could force that on the Iraqi people when all he ever does is whinge about how we're forcing Democracy on the Iraqis.
The conversation ended with a "Fuck you." as all good conversations should.
Good job pointing that out :thumbsup: God I love people who contradict themselves.

[Sandor]

Its least barbaric by middle east standards. He could of got a hell lot worse.
So your point is?

[Sanjiyan]

At least it would be over quick, hell, I'd take it over a hanging any day. IMO
Most people die almost instantly when hung as the impact breaks your neck. Only an unlucky few bastards ever actually suffocate to death, if I remember right.

Either way, he's dead now.

[Metal gear MKII]

So your point is?
Self explanatory

[Sandor]

Self explanatory
I was wondering if you were suggesting something deeper then the literal interpretation (i.e. that he was lucky it wasn't worse/you think he should have gotten worse) or simply enlightening those of us here ignorant of that fact?

[Metal gear MKII]

I basically flat out said it in my previous post that there are worse punishments on the death penalty in Iraq. Thats all I meant. Its a extreme standard but there are worse things.

[MadassAlex]

I was wondering if you were suggesting something deeper then the literal interpretation (i.e. that he was lucky it wasn't worse/you think he should have gotten worse) or simply enlightening those of us here ignorant of that fact?

Both, by the sounds of it.

[frosty]

Most people die almost instantly when hung as the impact breaks your neck. Only an unlucky few bastards ever actually suffocate to death, if I remember right.

Either way, he's dead now.

Yeah, but just the thought of dangling there like a marionette for a prolonged period of time gives me the goose bumps.

[Johnny]

I saw it on Youtube. They even zoomed in on his corpse. :x

[Rama]

Hooray!

Who wants ice cream?

[Calbeck]

So your point is?

Hey, me? I was all for beheading. If it's good enough for Jewish reporters, it must be good enough for a guy who killed a million of his own countrymen.

[Sandor]

Hey, me? I was all for beheading. If it's good enough for Jewish reporters, it must be good enough for a guy who killed a million of his own countrymen.
It doesn't work that way. He was an evil dictator so you can see why I would want a better reason. Something about looking to not become the monsters your fighting.