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South Park Creators Given Signed Photo of Saddam Hussein
Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of South Park, were given a very special gift by US marines: a signed photo of Saddam Hussein. During his captivity, the marines forced Saddam to repeatedly watch the movie South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut, which shows him as the boyfriend of Satan. Stone said, "We're very proud of our signed Saddam picture and what it means. It's one of our biggest highlights."
Kim is known to be a voracious consumer of American pop culture.
I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.
Technically, the past tense of the word "hang" in regards to the execution of a person is "hanged," not "hung."
Saddam Hussein was a bad guy for sure, but that whole shredder thing was a classic example of an inflammatory story that is later proved false in the run up to a war.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2004/feb/25/iraq.iraqandthemedia
hanging is a perfectly reasonable form of execution. it's probably easier to get right than lethal injection or electrocution, given some of the horror stories we've all heard. if the rope is long enough and positioned properly, death is instantaneous from a broken neck.
Media that can be recorded and distributed can be recorded and distributed.
-kfg
This has been pretty thoroughly debunked, actually:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein's_alleged_shredder
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2004/feb/25/iraq.iraqandthemedia
And nobody is fooled except the people who modded up your post.
Even Jesus hates listening to Creed.
And the United States were the ones who propped him up in there, gave him weapons, and ignored him until he was of use.
*DrugCheese rants*
It is
..loud music played for twenty-four hours a day throughout..
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/ICRC_Report_on_the_Treatment_of_Fourteen_%22High_Value_Detainess%22_in_CIA_Custody%2C_14_Feb_2007
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
I have read about botched hangings and they can be pretty horrific.
For the audience, maybe. Having your head torn off will result in unconsciousness just as quickly as having your neck broken, but it's a bit harder for the audience to stomach. Moral of the story: If you can't watch people die, don't attend a fscking execution.
Lethal injection at least it seems like a painless death.
Yes, if you count consciously witnessing yourself suffocate because your diaphragm is paralyzed as "painless". Of course, the audience won't notice any of this, so it's fairly painless to them.
Lethal injection at least it seems like a painless death.
It is reasonable to believe that this is the case but it would appear you are mistaken. I urge everyone to watch the BBC Horizon (a stellar science documentary series) programme entitled "How to Kill a Human Being":
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/tx/executions/
In this programme, the narrator Michael Portillo goes on a search for a humane method of execution, and finds that it is more difficult than it would first appear. He discovers evidence that the lethal injection, if botched, can cause agonising pain that makes your flesh feel as if on fire. Of course, there are some, including the creator of this execution method interviewed in the programme, who believe that is a feature and not a bug. Hanging and the gas chamber are also examined, and these are not perfect, either.
As a conclusion, Portillo discovers a method that seems to be perfect for carrying out humane executions: nitrogen. While undergoing nitrogen intoxication as an experiment, Portillo is feeling euphoric while being seconds from death. Naturally, such a method, if implemented, would be strongly criticised by those who combine capital punishment with fantasies of revenge and view painless executions as unnecessary or even counter to the ideals behind the death penalty.
Mother, do you think they'll like this sig?
You're just playing word games here, most of the nazis in Europe were/are for the invasion of Iraq, just like most of them hate all Arabs.
Forget the Iraqis, the entire World (except the United States) was against Iraq when they gassed the Kurds (in 1988). The gassing of the Kurds was reported on the front page of every major newspaper in Europe (and probably the world). In the US, that particular piece of news got buried. The UN was even going to impose sanctions, but the US vetoed it -- protecting their ally. And finally, the US even loaned Iraq one billion dollars shortly thereafter (if not three billion dollars, I forget the exact number) that Iraq never paid back.
Now I realize that you consider the United States the benevolent father/policeman of the World, but for a benevolent father it's sure sending out mixed messages. When you punish someone, you're supposed to do it right after the act -- not wait fifteen years (and never mind the active protection and lobbying the United States did for Iraq during that time period when the entire World was against them).
And he was hanged by Iraqis, not Americans. Sure America captured and detained him and (arguably) tortured him, but it was Iraq that tried and hanged him. His own people not Americans.
Much like your post. We're "soft" "cream puffs". Get over yourself. There's a lot we don't understand about human psychology, but I'm sure there's an unpleasant reason why they use non-stop loud music. I'm willing to believe that the long-term consequences of months of non-stop noise can be worse than those from twenty minutes of simulated drowning.
Let's try to keep this in some perspective. He was forced to watch a movie that a lot of the rest of the world paid good money to see.
The man murdered people by the thousands. He was put to death by hanging. There's a a lot of injustice, immorality, pain and suffering in that range.
I refuse to accept flushing the Koran or being forced to watch a movie which ridicules you, fits the definition of torture. If that is, then K-12 is state enforced torture for children, because honestly it's far worse and far more personal and you don't even get the escape of sweet, sweet death (usually).
Thumbscrews, electrocution, iron maidens, anything involving fingernails...then we can talk.