>>>So you disagree with Nuremberg trial decisons?
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>>A little before my time, and I would not compare the nazis with the iraq and sadam.
>>But anyways. The times were different as more western countries did have the death penalty up then.
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>>And yes,I think that prisoning for life should have been a better choice. It would leave less of an martyr image. It would be better that some of them would express some regrets and seeing them age in poverty and sadness. It would be a great lesson to extremists.
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>>But it is not so much that I'm totally against the death penalty: It should be reserved to very extreme violating against humanity and even then I would often see prisoning for life in isolation as far worse than the death penalty. Even in the case of sadam I could accept the death penalty, however not by a show case as this. What about all the other trails?? Did he not escape the punnishment from all the other crimes he made. What about finding out the details of all the other crimes??? will it ever happen. Was the execution a way to prevent the dirt off other cases comming to light ??
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>I would consider it as an internal Iraqi matter. They have full sovereignty to decide how to make this kind of trial and they use death penalty now (you give an excuse to western past, so be generous to them too), and as long as you accept the results, it's not so bad after all.

You have a point, if it is an internal iraqi matter. I totally understand they need time to modernize (not neccesarely to the western model however). However, my raction is not aimed directly at the iraqi government, but rather the people in western countries who cheer and supported his execution. It proves a total lack of understanding western and democratic moral and values.



Walter,