The sentencing of Saddam Hussein
CNN’s coverage is sensational and hyperbolic, as usual.
“The Iraqi people” haven’t had “the rule of law,” observing the “unprecedented”
I do not deny Saddam deserves punishment. I am still not even sure about how I feel about the death penalty.
They are showing footage of him, repeating it so that viewers can search for the recognition of impending death on his and other defendent’s faces when they hear their “fate” handed down by the court. Saddam is defiant and shouts “Allah is great,” “to hell with the US” (mentioned on German language EuroNews) and “damn the court,” competing with the judge in a shouting match.
What makes me so angry is that I believe we are supposed to watch with fascination, as we are supposed to do with all media...the networks are appealing to our voyeuristic sensibilities. We are supposed to watch in fascination as a once powerful man is reduced to a dead, guilty, pitiful man before our safe, alive, and Western eyes.
It even starts to seem sad to me...his position... a victim of gazes. All victims manage to bring out this emotion in me, no matter was their past wrongs.
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Very astute observation, BEAN. No doubt he was a tyrant but when I think of what we are responsible for in Iraq, I wonder who will bring us to justice. It is admirable that we attempt to prosecute ourselves, but shouldn't a third party be responsible for such an important issue of justice?
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