What about showing the corpse on TV?
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
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.
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.
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?
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
You should write for Leno. 
The chair? Ohh … how come they only do crucifixions during Sweeps?
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.)
I’m not saying there wasn’t public executions in Iraq but your description sounds like the Kabul stadium in Afghanistan
Inside Afghanistan: Behind the veil If you ever get a chance to see Behind the veil you really should. Very hard hitting eye opening docu.
Here’s a story that mentions public executions in Iraq
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/iraq/thestory.html