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2007-01-04 India-Pakistan

Boy dies trying to imitate Saddam's hanging

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Apparently Iraqis haven't got to the point where they put a "Do not try this at home!" message on everything.

Posted by gorb 2007-01-04 00:36|| 2007-01-04 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 This happened here, too.

Kid was watching television with an uncle and saw bits of that video. Later they found him hanged. Another uncle sez it's all the TV's fault for showing Saddam with a noose around his neck. Why do they even have to show that? If he's that indignant, he'd be better off asking the other uncle why he allowed the kids to see it.

Bonus quotes from some distant psychologist who knows only what he was told when the reporter called for quotes.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2007-01-04 12:05|| 2007-01-04 12:05|| Front Page Top

#3 I'll bet everything they have they have that on an endless loop and you don't have a choice whether or not to watch it.

Posted by gorb 2007-01-04 14:39|| 2007-01-04 14:39|| Front Page Top

#4 as I commented the other day on this. Why is a young child even able to watch this.
Yeah, blame the TV not the uncle who allowed him to watch. Just like blaming the gun instead of the shooter.

Posted by Jan 2007-01-04 22:09|| 2007-01-04 22:09|| Front Page Top

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