Saddam Hussein Executed
The big news today is that Saddam Hussein’s death penalty was carried out. I guess this actually happened late last night (going by U.S. time). And as you might expect in this Internet age, his final moments were digitally captured and beamed all over the world soon after the event took place.
I saw a short video of the hanging over on Google video, and thought it was brutal and disgusting. I wish I hadn’t let my curiosity get the best of me. Don’t get me wrong: I have no sympathy for someone like Hussein, who was responsible for the slaughter of tens of thousands of people in his lifetime. I guess I was just surprised at how… unceremonious everything was. They didn’t even put a hood on him. It was very quick, too.
I’m not going to link to any videos here. If you want to see it, I’m sure you can find it.