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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."
I think the 9/11 Bombers should be let go
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I too find it quite funny. You idiots that say he didn't deserve it have a warped sense of justice. This was a prank at worst. Live with it you self righteous morons. He was a murderer. And oh horror, they made him watch a bad movie. Yea some real parity there.
"It seems that we are at the age where life stops giving us things, and starts taking them away..." Indiana Jones
To sum it up : sure, it's very slightly unprofessional of the US Army. This being said, who cares, plus the movie's actually funny, it might even have alleviated some of the guy's boredom. If I've watched that movie half a dozen times, surely a most infamous and ruthless dictator can watch it more than that.
You just got troll'd!
Nevermind my forgiveness - I'm not up to the challenge of replacing the missing screw in your head.
Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
By applying anything short of our own standards of justice, we betrayed both these purported goals and showed our true colors.
But but but but, no one culture is any better than any other culture. Who are we to say that the Iraqis shouldn't execute Saddam? Shame on you for being Euro-centric.
Moral relativism is despicable on any day
Where, then, do moral absolutes derive? (Be careful what you say, because "Following one's conscience" is Moral Relativism.)
"I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
In my book the reason we invaded is that Saddam wouldn't let us "have" the oil. He wanted to keep the oil as a "nationalized" export. Seeing as we installed him to "give" us the oil, he had effectively quit being useful to us and as such had become "dispensable". After the Iran/Iraq gig, and later Kuwait (who was allowing us to angle-drill beneath the Iraqi border...hence why Saddam blew up the oil wells) and our attempt at a Kurdish revolt (which we dropped the ball on and allowed 40,000 kurds to be gassed with weapons we previously sold Saddam) we couldn't keep face and deal openly with him for Iraq's oil. We needed the oil, so he had to go...End of story....for now.
-Oz
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Yeah, I sure wouldn't want to be accused of showing a criminal a movie he wouldn't want to see. That sure is the basest thing imaginable.
Even being sarcastic about it is hard because it's so ludicrous that people can be upset about this. Not only would I do it myself in a heartbeat, if the roles were reversed I'd have bigger things on my mind (like imminent execution) than what some bored non-coms think is a funny movie.
I support the Slashcott and will not be reading or commenting from 2/10/14 to 2/17/14. Beta is steaming pile of dog shit
Ah, yes, it's the Jews again.
I didn't realize that there was enough neo-Nazis on here for such a comment to get modded +5.
What culture you ask? Why, the culture that said it was ok for him and his sons to set up building containing rooms for the express purpose of raping, torturing, and killing people for fun.
That is the culture to which Saddam Hussein belonged.
Now, please shut the fuck up.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
In what countries does the state not kill people?
"Sacrifice for the good of The State" - The State
By not taking action such that a murderer is not capable of murdering again you are culpable for any further murders they commit.
I believe that is what s/he was getting at. I don't personally agree with that 100% but I'm all for executions, hell they don't even need to be humane. I would however prefer that it be as inexpensive to the public as possible. Cruel punishment to me means that the punishment far out weighs the crime. But the punishment always needs to out weigh the crime by some measure so that it's a deterrant and not merely a cost of doing business.
Oh well sorry Mr. Rambo there of course you have tons of experience at being held prisoner and being humiliated and sleep depriven for weeks on end.
Thanks for your input cowboy. Now go bak to crawling in the mud please.
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How utterly and completely stupid do you have to be to put a cup of hot coffee between your thighs? Worst of all, due to it, now all you get at McD as "coffee" is lukewarm, blackish water that's been kept at a little above room temperature for hours.
I want my coffee strong, black and most of all, hot. Maybe that's why I don't put it between my thighs. It's like suing a nail pistol maker for not telling you it's not a good idea to check its function by looking into the unhealthy and and pulling the trigger. Doing stupid things leads to getting hurt. Dunno about you, but here kids learn that. So they stop doing stupid things.
Of course, if being stupid means you get rewarded instead of the insult you deserver, more people will be stupid. Why should I watch out? If I fuck up, someone else will be to blame anyway.
What kind of culture is that?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
US: A lot