Death penalty for Saddam Hussein

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GalaxyIce Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0	Message 451642 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 21:56:03 UTC - in response to Message 451641. How many free characters do you have in your sig? 250 flam ing balloons ID: 451642 ·

N/A Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 01 Posts: 3718 Credit: 93,649 RAC: 0	Message 451646 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:02:06 UTC - in response to Message 451642. Last modified: 5 Nov 2006, 22:05:58 UTC Oopsie! Double post. ID: 451646 ·

N/A Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 01 Posts: 3718 Credit: 93,649 RAC: 0	Message 451649 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:02:51 UTC - in response to Message 451642. Last modified: 5 Nov 2006, 22:04:46 UTC The most I can give you is 238 characters long and goes from size 13 to 1: {size=13]ha {/size]{size=12]ha {/size]{size=11]ha {/size] {size=10]ha {/size]{size=9]ha {/size]{size=8]ha {/size] {size=7]ha {/size]{size=6]ha {/size]{size=5]ha {/size] {size=4]ha {/size]{size=3]ha {/size]{size=2]ha {/size] {size=1]ha {/size] In case you wanna use it for a different purpose, I did it with a one-line BASIC mini-program: a$="":for x=13 to 1 step -1: _ a$=a$+"{size="+str$(x)+"]ha {/size]":next x: _ ?a$:?len(a$) Just remember to replace { for [. ID: 451649 ·

BODLEY Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Oct 06 Posts: 725 Credit: 130,841 RAC: 0	Message 451650 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:04:03 UTC - in response to Message 451630. Guess you forgot the independents. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... You know there's no such thing! It's what Republicans call themselves in their ads when they're getting the Bush effect. How long did it take you to do that? ROTFLMPO ..... ID: 451650 ·

N/A Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 01 Posts: 3718 Credit: 93,649 RAC: 0	Message 451653 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:05:25 UTC - in response to Message 451650. Last modified: 5 Nov 2006, 22:06:11 UTC Not long enough, really :-) ID: 451653 ·

GalaxyIce Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0	Message 451657 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:11:07 UTC - in response to Message 451653. Not long enough, really :-) Aw no, I copied it already. I just wanted to make sure you don't mind if I put it in my sig flam ing balloons ID: 451657 ·

N/A Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 01 Posts: 3718 Credit: 93,649 RAC: 0	Message 451659 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:13:15 UTC - in response to Message 451657. Last modified: 5 Nov 2006, 22:13:46 UTC On the contrary - go right ahead. It's open-source SETIware !-) ID: 451659 ·

Knightmare Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Aug 04 Posts: 7472 Credit: 94,252 RAC: 0	Message 451660 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:13:34 UTC - in response to Message 451544. Who is responsible for making the trial a farce? Surely Saddam, his cronies, and his lawyers played a large part in it. The bigger part was the US Let's see here. * moderator mode : off * Bodley...you rail against the " farce " that was Saddam's trial...but yet you offer no real solution for how it should have been done. All well and good. My question to you is this...how loudly would you have been shouting from the rooftops if those fine folks who found him had just shot him or if he had some kind of " accident " before he was brought to trial. It seems to me that the U.S. would have been in a no win situation either way as far as you are concerned. * moderator mode : on * Air Cold, the blade stops; from silent stone, Death is preordained Calm Chaos Forums : Everyone Welcome ID: 451660 ·

GalaxyIce Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0	Message 451664 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:16:12 UTC - in response to Message 451659. On the contrary - go right ahead. It's open-source SETIware !-) Thanks flam ing balloons ID: 451664 ·

Sarge Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79	Message 451666 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:18:57 UTC - in response to Message 451630. Guess you forgot the independents. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... You know there's no such thing! It's what Republicans call themselves in their ads when they're getting the Bush effect. No, it's not. Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. ID: 451666 ·

GalaxyIce Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0	Message 451667 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:19:39 UTC - in response to Message 451660. Last modified: 5 Nov 2006, 22:20:38 UTC It seems to me that the U.S. would have been in a no win situation either way as far as you are concerned. It was imperative to the US forces, to secure country-wide order, that Saddam was found. They had no option but to offer him up to the civilian authorities and it was the only solution. It was then the Iraqi authorities decision to do with him what they did. flam ing balloons ID: 451667 ·

RichaG Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 1690 Credit: 19,287,294 RAC: 36	Message 451669 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:20:19 UTC - in response to Message 451660. Who is responsible for making the trial a farce? Surely Saddam, his cronies, and his lawyers played a large part in it. The bigger part was the US Let's see here. * moderator mode : off * Bodley...you rail against the " farce " that was Saddam's trial...but yet you offer no real solution for how it should have been done. All well and good. My question to you is this...how loudly would you have been shouting from the rooftops if those fine folks who found him had just shot him or if he had some kind of " accident " before he was brought to trial. It seems to me that the U.S. would have been in a no win situation either way as far as you are concerned. * moderator mode : on * Thanks that was the same that I was thinking! He calls himself conservative, but is probably left of types like Michael Moore! Red Bull Air Racing Gas price by zip at Seti ID: 451669 ·

RichaG Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 1690 Credit: 19,287,294 RAC: 36	Message 451670 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:22:19 UTC - in response to Message 451667. It seems to me that the U.S. would have been in a no win situation either way as far as you are concerned. It was imperative to the US forces, to secure country-wide order, that Saddam was found. They had no option but to offer him up to the civilian authorities and it was the only solution. It was then the Iraqi authorities decision to do with him what they did. It was also a court set up by the Iraqs and not the US! Red Bull Air Racing Gas price by zip at Seti ID: 451670 ·

GalaxyIce Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0	Message 451674 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:25:07 UTC - in response to Message 451670. It seems to me that the U.S. would have been in a no win situation either way as far as you are concerned. It was imperative to the US forces, to secure country-wide order, that Saddam was found. They had no option but to offer him up to the civilian authorities and it was the only solution. It was then the Iraqi authorities decision to do with him what they did. It was also a court set up by the Iraqs and not the US! Quite right! flam ing balloons ID: 451674 ·

Knightmare Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Aug 04 Posts: 7472 Credit: 94,252 RAC: 0	Message 451675 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:27:45 UTC - in response to Message 451667. It seems to me that the U.S. would have been in a no win situation either way as far as you are concerned. It was imperative to the US forces, to secure country-wide order, that Saddam was found. They had no option but to offer him up to the civilian authorities and it was the only solution. It was then the Iraqi authorities decision to do with him what they did. I agree. The U.S. WAS required to turn him over to Iraqi authorities. But, it seems to me, that the same people who are now shouting from the rooftops that the trial was a " farce " or a kangaroo court or whatever the heck they want to call it...are also the people who would have been shouting from the rooftops had Saddam not quite " made it " to trial. Rather than " THIS TRIAL WAS A FARCE!!!! " it would have been " LOOK AT HOW THE U.S. just EXECUTED A MAN WITHOUT A TRIAL!!!! " As I said...a no win situation. Air Cold, the blade stops; from silent stone, Death is preordained Calm Chaos Forums : Everyone Welcome ID: 451675 ·

Sarge Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79	Message 451677 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:28:53 UTC - in response to Message 451669. He calls himself conservative, but is probably left of types like Michael Moore! Well, that really adds to the conversation ... NOT! Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. ID: 451677 ·

BODLEY Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Oct 06 Posts: 725 Credit: 130,841 RAC: 0	Message 451678 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:29:51 UTC - in response to Message 451660. Who is responsible for making the trial a farce? Surely Saddam, his cronies, and his lawyers played a large part in it. The bigger part was the US Let's see here. * moderator mode : off * Bodley...you rail against the " farce " that was Saddam's trial...but yet you offer no real solution for how it should have been done. All well and good. Oh dear, I thought I had made myself perfectly clear on the subject. So to reiterate: He should either have been shot "whilst trying to escape" ... or shipped off to Guantanamo as hundreds of others of FAR lesser importance have been. Is my reiteration clear enough? My question to you is this...how loudly would you have been shouting from the rooftops if those fine folks who found him had just shot him or if he had some kind of " accident " before he was brought to trial. My answer to you is consistent with the above. I would have lauded the action. I would have praised the US for once having balls instead of feet of clay. It seems to me that the U.S. would have been in a no win situation either way as far as you are concerned. Had it done the above, it would have been in a win-win situation. With me and millions like me. And as for the population of Iraq ... well, dear Knightmare, see for yourself what US inaction in this problem has caused. The Sunni minority now has a CAUSE to fight ... If Saddam Hussein had been killed either during capture or whilst "trying to escape" ... there would be no rallying point. Dammit all, can you not see this? When you shave in the morning do you not see a nose in the middle of your face? This is no more the same as that! When you take the ground-moving decision to invade a Country to depose the Ruler ... you do NOT, repeat NOT allow him to live ... That is Rule one ... Rule 2 is: See Rule 1 I take it that you have not had Basic military training ID: 451678 ·

Hans Dorn Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 2262 Credit: 26,448,570 RAC: 0	Message 451679 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:32:05 UTC - in response to Message 451677. He calls himself conservative, but is probably left of types like Michael Moore! Well, that really adds to the conversation ... NOT! What's wrong with Michael Moore :o) Regards Hans ID: 451679 ·

RichaG Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 1690 Credit: 19,287,294 RAC: 36	Message 451680 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:33:14 UTC - in response to Message 451677. He calls himself conservative, but is probably left of types like Michael Moore! Well, that really adds to the conversation ... NOT! European politics is alot more liberal tha US politics! Red Bull Air Racing Gas price by zip at Seti ID: 451680 ·

BODLEY Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Oct 06 Posts: 725 Credit: 130,841 RAC: 0	Message 451681 - Posted: 5 Nov 2006, 22:35:52 UTC G'night Gize ... I have written enough about that Bas***d Saddam ... But I fear we have not heard the last of this ... Goodnight all ... ID: 451681 ·

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