why do people kill people who kill people to show people that killing people is wrong?

[primroseburrows]

So, Saddam has been executed. Now I suppose the next thing I should hear is that all those people he killed are alive again, because isn't that why he was killed?

I can understand Iraq's feelings about this. I don't agree with revenge, but I understand it. I do NOT get America's elation. Somebody needs to 'splain, Lucy, because I just don't understand killing people for killing people. I don't honestly think I ever will, really. *sigh*

And, a twenty-year-old saying "I guess it's one less person in the world we have to deal with" makes me feel icky inside.

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[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

The Iraqi culture and belief systems are far different than those of "the west." We can label them "right" or "wrong" by our culture's standards, just as they may label ours, but that does not give us the right to dictate how they should conduct their constitutionally agreed upon legal affairs.

My rant was more about the reaction the U.S. is having to the execution, not Iraq's decision to do it. I have a moral opposition to the death penalty in general, but that wasn't my main focus. I also agree with missapocalyptic about the International Court being the proper place to try Saddam.