Saddam’s Brother hanged and beheaded, no video but gore abounds
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Saddam’s brother has been hanged and evidently, been beheaded as well. Films of the execution were not distributed or leaked like the Saddam execution video. However, the description of the hanging on Reuter’s was almost as bad as the videos released.
Officials showed journalists film of Barzan and former judge Awad Hamed al-Bander standing side by side in orange jumpsuits on the scaffold, appearing pale and trembling with fear as the hangmen placed black hoods over their heads.
As the two trap doors swung open, the force of the rope jerked Bander’s head off. The head fell to the floor next to his body in a pool of blood as Bander’s corpse swung above it.
This description, from an international news source, sound’s like a scene from a violent video game or movie. My question to you is, is this level of detail in text or video necessary to convince the public of the death of evil men? Would these hangings have the same impact on dictators-to-be if they were not described or depicted? Are these displays the byproduct of an increasingly brutal Hollywood culture?
I would hope this level of gore is not necessary but, if the market is any indicator of desire, our cultural demand for this type of violent description is on the rise.
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January 15th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
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January 15th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
I think you should be willing to publicize the implementation of policies you advocate. If you advocate a hanging, why not a public hanging?
January 16th, 2007 at 10:15 am
I’m trying to imagine a world where liberals perform the policies/actions they support in public.
January 16th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
I second that Chuck.
January 16th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
If you want graphic accounts and pictures of executions of former leaders/rulers there are many in history to pick from. The Mussolini episode is but one example, but there are accounts from countless centuries of such events. I think that a better knowledge of the past would make you less nervous about this type of reporting. I also might add that when one supports state mandated killings, wherever they take place, the public has the right to understand the brutal reality that results. I am sure this epsiode will not create more strife in the civil war…..
January 16th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
re: Chuck - if only it wasn’t satire
800,000 Privileged Youths Enlist To Fight In Iraq
WASHINGTON, DC—Citing a desire to finally make a difference in Iraq, in the past two weeks, more than 800,000 young people from upper-middle- and upper-class families have put aside their education, careers, and physical well-being to enlist in the military, new data from the Department Of Defense shows.
“I don’t know if it was the safety and comfort of the holidays or what, but I realized that my affluence and ease of living comes at a cost,” said Private Jonathan Grace, 18, who was to commence studies at Dartmouth College next fall, but will instead attend 12 weeks of basic training before being deployed to Fallujah with the 1st Army Battalion. “I just looked at my parents in their cashmere sweaters and thought, ‘Who am I to go to an elite liberal arts college and spend all my time reading while, in the real world, thousands of kids my age are sacrificing their lives for our country?’ It’s not right.”
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/privileged_youths_enlist_to_fight_in_iraq
January 16th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
It seems like they are talking about the same person in the article. My question is, how is the body still swinging of the head already got torn off?
January 17th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
re: Greg
?? - I read The Onion each week.
Is The Onion article a way to show the result of George W. Bush’s foreign policy? Or, a “you are not aware of how good you have it” in the United States?
To summarize my views on politics in two sentences:
Government is the world’s leading cause of death. If a piece of legislation involves personal responsibility it is good and if it creates one additional government job or spends an extra dime of tax money it is probably bad.