# Saddam's public execution? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 17, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643 "2003-12-17T23:07:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kalimero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aca169/32.png) [@Kalimero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalimero)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643/41 "2003-12-18T23:45:07Z")
> [@](#): > > The point of the OP was that people of Iraq see him die (as in, show it on Iraqi TV!) so they can be assured he will NEVER come back for retribution. What about showing the corpse on TV? ---
**Author:** ![SeekingTruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@SeekingTruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeekingTruth)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643/42 "2003-12-19T00:29:52Z")
Show the corpse on T.V. Now nobody could ever fake that, right? This may be the thought of Joe Iraqi watching in his living room ---
**Author:** ![myrnajean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@myrnajean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myrnajean)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643/43 "2003-12-19T00:54:26Z")
No, no, no, brainwash him into being a Catholic, then televise him genuflecting to the Pope. Then even if he ever COULD go back, no one would have him. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643/44 "2003-12-19T01:41:49Z")
I think what it boils down to is that some people would pay, some would not. It doesn’t necessarily make them that would the “sick fucks” that everyone is making them out to be. Death, paying no regard to the causation, is a natural occurrence. I am considerably irked when people say “he was taken before his time” no, he wasn’t, this was exactly his time, because he’s dead. See how simply it works? I’ve seen enough death and dismemberment and the surrounding heartache in the 13 years of my public service career to fill volumes, and in spite of that, I would pay to watch Saddam weakly tortured for months on end (think water torture) until he begged to die, and when we granted his wish, i’d pay to watch that too. Hell, MTV (probably FX more likely) could turn it into a series, with seasons, merchandising, and spinoffs. Point is, this is too distant to matter to us. If it were a member of my family, who was up for the pay per view killin’ i’d probably feel different, but it isn’t, and I don’t. I honestly cannot be bothered with his reality, what he did speaks all I need to know about him, and frankly, i would find it quite entertaining to see him flung into a brick wall repeatedly via large slingshot until his time expired. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643/45 "2003-12-19T03:53:10Z")
Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Saddam hold public executions in football stadiums and thousands turned up to watch, the relatives of the condemned being forced to attend. If I’m right…well!!! ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643/46 "2003-12-19T04:15:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Saddam hold public executions in football stadiums and thousands turned up to watch, the relatives of the condemned being forced to attend. > > If I’m right…well!!! Well what? ---
**Author:** ![Palewriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@Palewriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palewriter)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643/47 "2003-12-19T04:36:32Z")
I think Saddam may simply have had a difficult childhood. His father probably beat him. His mother may have weaned him too early. Perhaps he was bullied in school. I vote we send him to a nice facility somewhere and teach him woodwork, so he can return to the community a useful citizen. Perhaps he could open an organic trinket shop in Bagdad selling souveniers made from recycled telephone poles or something. Where’s your compassion, people? - PW ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643/48 "2003-12-19T04:50:22Z")
> [@](#): > > I think Saddam may simply have had a difficult childhood. His father probably beat him. His mother may have weaned him too early. Perhaps he was bullied in school. I vote we send him to a nice facility somewhere and teach him woodwork, so he can return to the community a useful citizen. Perhaps he could open an organic trinket shop in Bagdad selling souveniers made from recycled telephone poles or something. Where’s your compassion, people? You should write for Leno. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643/49 "2003-12-19T05:53:55Z")
The chair? Ohh … how come they only do crucifixions during Sweeps? ---
**Author:** ![Kalimero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aca169/32.png) [@Kalimero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalimero)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643/50 "2003-12-19T08:20:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SeekingTruth \* > \*\*Show the corpse on T.V. Now nobody could ever fake that, right? This may be the thought of Joe Iraqi watching in his living room \*\* You can fake an execution, too. Showing the corpses of Saddam’s sons worked good enough to convince most people they were **really** dead. (Of course, crazy European that I am, if it was up to me, Saddam wouldn’t be executed at all.) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643/51 "2003-12-19T11:07:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Saddam hold public executions in football stadiums and thousands turned up to watch, the relatives of the condemned being forced to attend. I’m not saying there wasn’t public executions in Iraq but your description sounds like the Kabul stadium in Afghanistan > [@](#): > > The crew also acquired secretly-filmed footage of a public execution in a football stadium financed by the West. > > The footage shows a veiled woman dragged to the centre of the pitch, and forced to kneel facing the goal posts. > > She is shot dead to the cheers of the watching crowds. [Inside Afghanistan: Behind the veil](http://rawa.fancymarketing.net/channel4.htm) If you ever get a chance to see _Behind the veil_ you really should. Very hard hitting eye opening docu. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643/52 "2003-12-19T11:24:07Z")
Here’s a story that mentions public executions in Iraq [http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/iraq/thestory.html](http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/iraq/thestory.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddams-public-execution/219643.md?page=2)