And it's about time they did so.
 
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EclipseSquad

SL/GSG Garet Daimun/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/Tadath/VEA [ES2C] [ES1C] [IH]

If I tell you my name you got to let me in,
You can be the sinner and I'll be the sin,
I take what I want and it's easy to see
I've got everything~

I'm with Garet on this one.
 
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--Am

Oh no, not this again.
 
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{Comnet Hermit}
-=Wraith Squad=-
TRP/GSG Sniping101/4SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR][IH][BoA][CDS]

Stultior stulto fuisti, qui tabellis crederes!

How they have handled all of this? What isn't ethical about killing a man who's killed hundreds? There is absolutely no way you can play it off as self defense, either.
 
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EclipseSquad

SL/GSG Garet Daimun/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/Tadath/VEA [ES2C] [ES1C] [IH]

If I tell you my name you got to let me in,
You can be the sinner and I'll be the sin,
I take what I want and it's easy to see
I've got everything~

This guy has killed hundreds of people don't tell me you believe that bull crap that his defense attorney about it being people that worked for him that did it. Listen he's still responsible for his cabinet.
He deserved to die. It was humane for a death to he died instantly when they hung him his neck snapped.
I think they should have hung him Salem style push him off the side of a ladder and let him strangle which takes 3 minutes. then they should have cut his body down and left him out in the desert for the animals.


and Second for Rayden
WE DIDN'T PERSECUTE HIM HIS OWN PEOPLE SENTENCED HIM TO DEATH
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EclipseSquad

TRP/PFC Jelly Bean/2SQD/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath

"Only problem with my Job. I dont get to see a surprised look on your face."

Ok, this is turning into a rediculous mess.  He's gone and that's all there is to it.    I'm outta here.
 
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--Am

Kairo is right, we don't need to argue.  I started this topic to inform people, nothing more.

"'No brothers, we must unite against the common enemy-' 

'The Judean Peoples Front!' 

'No, no, the Romans.' 

'Oh right, yeah.'"


                                        -The Life of Brian
 
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Private First Class D'har Leth
-=Wraith Squad=-
TRP/PFC D'har/4SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/VEA/VE/Nar Shaddaa

[Red Dragon Order]
TL/Sgt D`har Leth/Task Force 2/Eta Squad/2nd Platoon/Red Company/1st Battalion/KBcC Helsa/OFF/Army/RDA(O)

@Jellybean:

1. Don't use capps, it just makes you look like a loudmouth.

2. Do you honestly believe that Amerian governemnt had NO say in the matter? Please.

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TRP/PFCRayden-Shiong/3SQD/1PLT/1Com/1RGT/1BAT/VEA/VE/Tadath

The world is a little bit better place now, well that is more of what happened when America liberated Iraq from Saddam.  His death was carried out by his own people, a tribute to the change in Iraq's government.

About the American bombing of Japan, I totally agree that it was wrong.  Civilians shouldn't be targeted in an act of war.  But to take the view of my grandfather's generation, it was either that or a bloody land battle that thousands of American soldiers would have died in.  To put it into a nut shell, better Japanese dead than our own.  It sounds harsh, but I am pretty sure that Imperial Japan would have done the same thing if they were in that situation; actually, any country probably would.  Plus there was the fact that Saddam wasn't waging war with the people that he was killing, pretty important detail.  Again I would like to say it was a horrible act and that it was wrong by any moral status.

To look at it another way, Imperial Japan did target civilians too.  They sent these balloons loaded with bombs over here via the jet stream.  Not any where near as destructive as two atomic bombs, but same intent.

You would have to be hard pressed to say I said anything racist above.  I even mentioned the WWII Japanese Government as "Imperial" to disassociate it from Japan's modern government. 

P.S. By the way, anybody who says "why doesn't everybody nuke each other instead of sending in troops, you said that any country would do it" should think about how the situation has changed.  America was the only one with an Atomic Bomb at that point in time.  Today if you launch one, they all launch.
 
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EFL/WO1 Than Sion/Kaph 5/Wing 1/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE(=A=)(=*SA*=)(=TE=)[LoM][VC:B][CBV][MC:1][SWC]{VB}

[Black Hand]
SC/2LT Halos Bok/1st Element/Gulf Flight/Hunter Squadron/Ace Wing/KBcC Helsa/OFF/Navy/RDA(H)

Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers, unless you have a lot of cookies to throw in opposite corners to distract them.

I have yet to see the 'punishment' in death. It is like suspension from school.

"You have done bad things here. You are not allowed to return to school for x amount of days!!" yells Principal So and So.

"Ok, I didn't wanna come here anyhow," thinks suspended student.

Servitude for life in a small, cold, dark and damp, prison cell would be infinitely more painful, both emotionally and probably physically. That is really all there is to it.

I guess I'll leave it at that.
 
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*DarkDragoons*


SL/SSGT Sandwich Sam/2SQD/1PLT/1CMP/1REG/1BAT/Tadath/VEA [LoR][BM][GS][EW1]
The Dark Dragoons' Site

How are you better than him? You are still ending a life.
 
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Corporal Yillis
-=Wraith Squad=- 
-=ASL=-

ASL/CPL Yillis/4SQD/1PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/VEA/VE/Tadath [LoR] [WM] [GS]
Rep/GameRep Yillis/GameRep: 6/Gaming Division/VET /VE

Can't answer that with any facts, it is purely philosophical opinion at this point. I just believe it isn't a crime to put to death those that have committed crimes great enough.
 
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EFL/WO1 Than Sion/Kaph 5/Wing 1/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE(=A=)(=*SA*=)(=TE=)[LoM][VC:B][CBV][MC:1][SWC]{VB}

[Black Hand]
SC/2LT Halos Bok/1st Element/Gulf Flight/Hunter Squadron/Ace Wing/KBcC Helsa/OFF/Navy/RDA(H)

Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers, unless you have a lot of cookies to throw in opposite corners to distract them.

So you are claiming that soldiers are all in the wrong?
 
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EFL/WO1 Than Sion/Kaph 5/Wing 1/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE(=A=)(=*SA*=)(=TE=)[LoM][VC:B][CBV][MC:1][SWC]{VB}

[Black Hand]
SC/2LT Halos Bok/1st Element/Gulf Flight/Hunter Squadron/Ace Wing/KBcC Helsa/OFF/Navy/RDA(H)

Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers, unless you have a lot of cookies to throw in opposite corners to distract them.

Hrm, am I saying soldiers are all in the wrong? No, not entirely. That's something that has to be judged on a person to person basis, I can't say someone is all wrong without knowing them. And yes, there are people i think are scum and i don't believe have as much right to live as my dog. I am an apathetic ass. But I don't make that kind of decision about someone without knowing them fairly well. And i prefer not to make generalizations.

So, the soldiers may not be all wrong, but the reason behind soldiers as an idea is. However, there will always be soldiers and there will always be wars. It's as much a fact as gravity. So whether anyone has the right to take another's life or not comes around to being irrelevant.

Whats fun is fun,
Whats done is done.
 
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{Comnet Hermit}
-=Wraith Squad=-
TRP/GSG Sniping101/4SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR][IH][BoA][CDS]

Stultior stulto fuisti, qui tabellis crederes!

First of all, he was executed after only one set of charges.  There are still cases pending against him so many have been denied the opportunity to face him in court and have him convicted in person on other counts.  In particular, the Kurds who suffered enormously under him have been robbed of their day in court to face the man who terrorized them.  A tremendous chance at justice was lost.

On a moral level, I can not for the life of my justify the death penalty in any circumstance.  How is the world better now than it was a week ago when he was in jail and still had no power?  His followers will now treat him as a martyr, we've actually potentially increased his importance and symbolism.  How was that positive I wonder?

In the end, I do not see how punishing one crime with another is justice.  In an enlightened liberal society, how can we accept this blatent moral hypocrisy?  The justice system of a liberal democratic country should be based on moral superiority not moral equivalence.  It's the quick and simply solution just to say kill him and be over with it.  However, it is hardly the right one.
 
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"The way of war is a way of deception. When able, feign inability; when deploying troops, appear not to be. When near, appear far; when far, appear near. Lure with bait; strike with chaos. If the enemy is full, be prepared. If strong, avoid him. If he is angry, disconcert him. If he is weak, stir him to pride. If he is relaxed, harry him; if his men are harmonious, split them. Attack where he is unprepared; appear where you are unexpected. This is victory in warfare; it cannot be divulged in advance. Victory belongs to the side that scores most in the temple calculations before battle. Most spells victory; least spells defeat; none, surer defeat. I see it in this way, and the outcome is apparent." -- Sun Tzu

"Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting." -- Sun Tzu