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Dec. 29th, 2006 07:26 pmAs I write this, Saddam Hussein is probably staring at the gallows that will take his life. My feelings about the death penalty in America have flip-flopped over the years. Currently, I'm anti- for a variety of reasons, from practical to libertarian, but I've had years where I have been pro- as well.
I'm not too upset about this one, despite the controversy over the methods of how this man is currently facing his doom. Directly or indirectly, the man is responsible for over a million deaths of Iraqis, Iranians, Israelis, Palestinians, Kurds, Kuwaitis, Saudis, Americans, British, Polish, Japanese, not to mention [fill in country or ethnic group here]. It's kinda hard for one person to end a million lives in these modern times. To end this one more life may not bring one back, or prevent more deaths, or sway future mass murders from their psychoses...but something tells me it can't really hurt either. Perhaps the world's net human empathy may rise a fraction of a percent. You never know.
I'm not too upset about this one, despite the controversy over the methods of how this man is currently facing his doom. Directly or indirectly, the man is responsible for over a million deaths of Iraqis, Iranians, Israelis, Palestinians, Kurds, Kuwaitis, Saudis, Americans, British, Polish, Japanese, not to mention [fill in country or ethnic group here]. It's kinda hard for one person to end a million lives in these modern times. To end this one more life may not bring one back, or prevent more deaths, or sway future mass murders from their psychoses...but something tells me it can't really hurt either. Perhaps the world's net human empathy may rise a fraction of a percent. You never know.
