From CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/10/iraq/main1388899.shtml):
QuoteIraq hanged 13 insurgents Thursday, marking the first time militants have been executed in the country since the U.S.-led invasion ousted Saddam Hussein nearly three years ago, the government said.
So now, both sides are killing each other. The good guys (if they can be called that) are killing the bad guys, and the bad guys are killing the good guys. And they're basically doing it for the same politically-motivated reasons. I personally think this is a very bad idea, hanging them is only going to enrage others and cause more attacks and more hangings and more bombings and the country is going to go to Hell. Or back to Hell.
QuoteThe Cabinet announcement listed the name of only one of those hanged, Shukair Farid, a former policeman in the northern city of Mosul, who allegedly confessed that he had worked with Syrian foreign fighters to enlist fellow Iraqis to carry out assassinations against police and civilians.
I rather him be dead than alive.
It might start more problems, but eventually the problems will die down, thus being the nature of things. Everything that goes up has to come down.
Uh you do realize these people were most likely given a proper trial and death sentence right? Its hard to compare that to the guy walking down the street with an ak47 shooting women and children. Also when the bad guys are already doing everything in their power to cause problems its unlikely that they will be incited more by their buddies being hanged.
Quote from: zorm on March 10, 2006, 12:38:02 PM
Uh you do realize these people were most likely given a proper trial and death sentence right? Its hard to compare that to the guy walking down the street with an ak47 shooting women and children. Also when the bad guys are already doing everything in their power to cause problems its unlikely that they will be incited more by their buddies being hanged.
I don't agree with the death penalty anywhere, for basically the same reason. By killing people for their crimes, you're demonstrating that killing solves certain problems. They should be demonstrating the opposite of that, if you ask me.
Quote from: iago on March 10, 2006, 05:26:22 PM
Quote from: zorm on March 10, 2006, 12:38:02 PM
Uh you do realize these people were most likely given a proper trial and death sentence right? Its hard to compare that to the guy walking down the street with an ak47 shooting women and children. Also when the bad guys are already doing everything in their power to cause problems its unlikely that they will be incited more by their buddies being hanged.
I don't agree with the death penalty anywhere, for basically the same reason. By killing people for their crimes, you're demonstrating that killing solves certain problems. They should be demonstrating the opposite of that, if you ask me.
You can't reason with criminals.
Why is this news? It's typical middle-eastern behavior.
Quote from: Topaz on March 10, 2006, 06:14:34 PM
You can't reason with criminals.
That doesn't mean you have to kill them.
Quote from: Topaz on March 10, 2006, 06:14:34 PM
You can't reason with criminals.
Out of context, yes, you can, but only under the appropriate circumstances.
Damnit iago, you DO have an obsession with dead people. =p
The dead people by the cabin joke.
Dead trees
This
A bunch of other stuff I missed..
Way to un-make my day! <3.
We should kill everything that's foreign.
Quote from: Newby on March 10, 2006, 10:52:41 PM
We should kill everything that's foreign.
I hate you too.
Quote from: Newby on March 10, 2006, 10:52:41 PM
We should kill everything that's foreign.
I agree. We should start with the US, then work our way down and over.
Unless you just mean foreign to the US. But I think that pretty much all countries (except the US) would agree, if every country but one should be destroyed, the only survivor probably shouldn't be the US. :P
Kill all non-whites!
Quote from: iago on March 11, 2006, 12:00:30 AM
Quote from: Newby on March 10, 2006, 10:52:41 PM
We should kill everything that's foreign.
I agree. We should start with the US, then work our way down and over.
Unless you just mean foreign to the US. But I think that pretty much all countries (except the US) would agree, if every country but one should be destroyed, the only survivor probably shouldn't be the US. :P
Too bad for the rest of the world that the US kicks ass and will continue to kick ass for a very long time to come. Hell, you Canadians might have to stoop to the level of the Palestinians and throw rocks at our armor if you even want to have a chance of destroying the US. Oh, no rocks you say? Well I guess snowballs will have to suffice.
Every great empire has fallen in time. Too bad Americas not great, nor an empire.
Quote from: Blaze on March 11, 2006, 01:00:07 AM
Every great empire has fallen in time. Too bad Americas not great, nor an empire.
We'll still kick ass for a long time to come, you Canadians have no hope!
Quote from: Newby on March 11, 2006, 01:11:26 AM
Quote from: Blaze on March 11, 2006, 01:00:07 AM
Every great empire has fallen in time. Too bad Americas not great, nor an empire.
We'll still kick ass for a long time to come, you Canadians have no hope!
Sorry to break it to you, but we're much more self-sustaining than y'all :P
Quote from: zorm on March 11, 2006, 12:51:05 AM
Too bad for the rest of the world that the US kicks ass and will continue to kick ass for a very long time to come. Hell, you Canadians might have to stoop to the level of the Palestinians and throw rocks at our armor if you even want to have a chance of destroying the US. Oh, no rocks you say? Well I guess snowballs will have to suffice.
Nah, because of Nuclear weapons the US can't attack any important country.
I don't think the US will last that much longer. We aren't learning from the past and we are following in the same steps as the Romans did, except faster.
Homosexuality is ramped, the government is becoming more and more corrupts, and everyone hates us.. -.-;
But, that's not what the topic is about.
Quote from: iago on March 10, 2006, 05:26:22 PM
Quote from: zorm on March 10, 2006, 12:38:02 PM
Uh you do realize these people were most likely given a proper trial and death sentence right? Its hard to compare that to the guy walking down the street with an ak47 shooting women and children. Also when the bad guys are already doing everything in their power to cause problems its unlikely that they will be incited more by their buddies being hanged.
I don't agree with the death penalty anywhere, for basically the same reason. By killing people for their crimes, you're demonstrating that killing solves certain problems. They should be demonstrating the opposite of that, if you ask me.
I'm not disagreeing with you, but do you have any other suggestions on how they can handle these problems?
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When I say "not much longer" I mean in a few hundred years as in not in our life time. :D