Saddam hanging
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- gramme0
thou shalt not kill.
so that is completely subjective then?
mrdobolina
(Dec 28 06, 09:38)Murder and justice are not the same. Of course, Saddam might claim that his genocidal actions were justice, but anyone with a brain can see through that ruse. Murder is often committed in the name of justice. The arbiter here is only the reason and conscience of those meting out justice. In a justice system, I have always believed that the best punishment for crimes is crime-specific: you steal, you lose a part of your body. You rape, you lose your ability to procreate. you murder, you forfeit your own life. I would disagree with killing in any other circumstance, including war.
And before you say it, Dobs et al., if GW was put on trial for murder and found guilty by a court of law, I would have no moral or ethical objection to him sharing Saddam's fate.