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2006-12-01 Arabia

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Posted by RD 2006-12-01 05:10|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 'completely dead', humm.. that's much more serious

*chuckle*

Posted by MacNails 2006-12-01 10:48|| 2006-12-01 10:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Document the exact procedure used. This would work well for Saddam.

Posted by SpecOp35 2006-12-01 11:06|| 2006-12-01 11:06|| Front Page Top

#3 I guess he decided to hang around a few more hours.

Posted by Mike 2006-12-01 12:53|| 2006-12-01 12:53|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm having trouble mustering any sympathy. Call AI or something.

Posted by gorb 2006-12-01 13:32|| 2006-12-01 13:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Just one more reason why every man should hope to be well hung.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-01 16:24|| 2006-12-01 16:24|| Front Page Top

#6 It seems he was well hung.

Posted by Chuger Hupeart7813 2006-12-01 17:00|| 2006-12-01 17:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Somebody screwed up and knotted the rope wrong or placed the knot in the rope at the wrong location.

Clasic hangman's nooses, reputedly, have that knot placed on the back left side of the neck so that the sudden drop will break the victim's neck and he'll either die instantly or will not suffer too long at the end of the rope.

While it might be appropriate for someone like Saddam to suffer and linger for awhile, it would be inhuman and barbaric to sink to his level in ridding the world of such scum (for example, I'd pay for the ammunition to put a bullet in child molester's skulls and then take the carcass out to the nearest field and plow it under thereby making the individual of some use to the world, but I would not feed them slowly into an industrial grinder - I don't have the stomach for prolonged torture).

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-12-01 17:25|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-12-01 17:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Completely dead is one thing, but is he Sincerely Dead?

As mayor of the Munchkin City
In the county of the land of Oz
I welcome you most regally

But we've got to verify it legally
To see...

To see...

If she...

If she...

Is morally, ethically

Spiritually, physically

Positively, absolutely

Undeniably and reliably dead

As Coroner , I thoroughly examined her
And she's not only merely dead
She's really most sincerely dead

Posted by Parabellum 2006-12-01 18:11|| 2006-12-01 18:11|| Front Page Top

#9 I think the reason this guy didn't die is that (it's my understanding} that when these Islamic guys hang somebody - it doesn't include a short drop.

They tie a rope around your neck and haul you into the air. You die from strangulation, not a broken neck.

Posted by Leigh 2006-12-01 22:51|| 2006-12-01 22:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Again, the Blogad below...interesting tie-in.

Posted by DragonFly 2006-12-01 22:55|| 2006-12-01 22:55|| Front Page Top

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