View Single Post
Old 05-22-2007, 10:04 AM   #35
Iron Greasel
Fzoul Chembryl
 

Join Date: July 13, 2004
Location: Finland
Age: 36
Posts: 1,701
Kiwi and Firestormalpha:
I meant that while I disagree with her, I think her argument is not inherently stupid, and her opinions don't make her too stupid to have real thought.

Quote:
Robertthebard responded to my earlier post:
I'm sure the families of the thousands of people that Saddam ordered executed would disagree, but hey, that was an internal matter, it's not like the US moved in and set up shop. But, if Iraq isn't to be allowed to try their own criminals in their own courts, what's the point? The only negative things that I have ever read about his trial/execution concerned incidents at the execution, not the fact that it was carried out.
The problem is not that Saddam didn't deserve his death. It is that he is, de jure, not a criminal. He hadn't broken any laws. When you are a dictator, you have legal right to order all the deaths you want. So he was executed for being evil, not breaking laws. Meaning that the trial had all the legality of a mob execution.
__________________
Iron Greasel is offline   Reply With Quote