Saddam Hussein is dead.

snakejknight · Post by **snakejknight** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 10:33 pm

it only costs that much in some places... we are very fearful of killing the wrong guy... the money isn't in the act its self its in the coarts, lawyers, etc

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:05 am

Mr McGeo, for the sake of your post making me out as if I had the wrong impression I don't, as I stated, I know what he was convicted for and I know in general ways the crimes that have been committed its just that I was just about to head out the door. So yeah your post wasn't needed (for me anyway).

TunesRus90 · Post by **TunesRus90** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:07 am

Locke wrote:
TunesRus90 wrote:I think its better to just let them die quickly than to force them to spend the rest of their life in prison, and have citizens pay to keep them alive.
Contrary to popular belief, it is cheaper to keep someone in jail thier entire lifes than it is to execute them. It costs millions to exectute someone, but only a few thousand a year to keep them in jail.
http://www.mindspring.com/~phporter/econ.html

I was unaware of this. Not that I have really looked into the issue much, but I still stand by my choice. Even though it may actually be more expensive, I still feel it is the right thing to do.

Ketchup_Bomb · Post by **Ketchup_Bomb** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:43 am

Locke wrote:Contrary to popular belief, it is cheaper to keep someone in jail thier entire lifes than it is to execute them. It costs millions to exectute someone, but only a few thousand a year to keep them in jail.

Three yards of rope... $15
Two hour scaffolding rental... $45
Price of horrible resolution camera phone... free after $80 mail-in rebate

Having one less person for the Jihad to look up to... Priceless

:p
Sorry, I had to.

Ice Link · Post by **Ice Link** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:00 am

i agree it only costs a lot in the US where we spend all our money on poisons and crap

the only reason y he was trialed in the mid east in stead of here is because there he gets hung here we get protesting and crap.

Lol some reporter said "saddam Hussain was hanged on..."
dontcha mean hung?

Jsk1610 · Post by **Jsk1610** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:07 am

It's hanged.. hung would be if you hung a poster on the wall... Anyways, it does waste a lot of time to keep a guy in prison for the rest of his life, making sure he never has any chance to escape, so I agree with what happened in this case. He deserved it.

TunesRus90 · Post by **TunesRus90** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:00 am

Ice Link wrote:i agree it only costs a lot in the US where we spend all our money on poisons and crap

Actually if you read what Locke posted it pointed out that most of the extra costs are encountered during the trial process. So I suppose its possible to cut back on costs, but many people would probably protest saying that they aren't making sure that the victim is guilty before they execute him.

snakejknight · Post by **snakejknight** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:13 am

like i said, its the appeals and due process of law that costs soo much money. idk, maybe look up the financial aspect of it in other contries.

rasillon · Post by **rasillon** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:11 am

id say the only person who would have the right of killing somone is, is somone who was shot dead but revived a.k.a brought back to life then they would have the right they had their life taken away from em now its only fair to take that life away from the guilty one.

Veegie[Temp] · Post by **Veegie[Temp]** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:40 pm

rasillon wrote:id say the only person who would have the right of killing somone is, is somone who was shot dead but revived a.k.a brought back to life then they would have the right they had their life taken away from em now its only fair to take that life away from the guilty one.

P.U.N.C.T.A.T.I.O.N.

now its only fair to take that life away from the guilty one.

Which contradicts your before-stated logic. Saddam is guilty and was killed.

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:51 pm

Veegie wrote: P.U.N.C.T.U.A.T.I.O.N.

I think Saddam should have been sentenced to something more painful. A hanging as way to quick.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 3:55 pm

Nah Veegie was referring to an ancronym...

Dan!! · Post by **Dan!!** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:00 pm

Ketchup_Bomb wrote:Having one less person for the Jihad to look up to... Priceless

I don't see why "the Jihad" would look up to Saddam, but okay, whatever you say.

On an even better note:

Bin Laden told his biographer that "the land of the Arab world, the land is like a mother, and Saddam Hussein is *** his mother."

VoiDeD · Post by **VoiDeD** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:06 pm

So I heard that Saddam died.

Ketchup_Bomb · Post by **Ketchup_Bomb** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:10 pm

Apparently Dan doesn't like humor or sarcasm. :/

And Voided, you've surfaced from CS:S.
Welcome back. ;P

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:03 pm

HPDarkness1 wrote:
Veegie wrote: P.U.N.C.T.U.A.T.I.O.N.
I think Saddam should have been sentenced to something more painful. A hanging as way to quick.

Well, forcing Saddam to read some of the posts in this forum would be painful.

VoiDeD wrote:So I heard that Saddam died.

tru.

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:14 am

It would have cost equally as much to inprison him or execute, in fact it would have been cheaper by exeuting him this way, because if he were to live, he would be facing something like another 10 years in courts for all the other crimes he has commited, so yeah... execution; it's cheap, it's simple, it's fast.