Hi everyone.. Is it weird that I actually feel sorry for Saddam..?

Question

I mean, death.. There aint no coming back from that..

I'm not saying what he did wasn't wrong, I'm just talking about feeling sorry for him.. Don't answer with 'what about all things he done.. blah blah..' etc..

Does anyone else feel sorry for him..?

Thanks everyone..

Answer 1

In a sort of way I do too. Don't get me wrong---he's a horrible tyrannical man. But I feel bad for *anyone* who is awaiting their death---especially hanging.
And knowing that the man is going to be surrounded by the public as they watch him in enthusiasm makes it even more sick.

Answer 2

I wouldn't feel too sorry for him. Lets face it he had a bloody good life. Living in all those palaces, etc.

He was an old man now and if they hadn't hanged him then all he would have faced is the remainder of his life behind bars. You only need to see how other lifers such as Dr Shipman have chosen to take their own lives to see that death is seen as preferable to life incarceration.

Anyway, people are dying violently all the time. It is estimated by reliable sources that over 650,000 have died violently in Iraq alone since the American invasion.

Hopefully the next individual to be tried for crimes against humanity will be President Bush.

Answer 3

I don't feel sorry for him exactly and it was inevitable that it would happen, but they really didn't handle it well. I don't think the BBC were right to show the execution video on the TV. I heard a radio interview with someone whose family died at Anfal and he doesn't feel that he got justice for them as the trial for that was only halfway through. I can't imagine he'll be the only one to feel like that.
I'm also a bit slanted on this because I don't agree with the death penalty anyway, and I mean that in a genuine "it's in the Declaration of Human Rights" way as opposed to a half-arsed New Labour way.

Answer 4

I don't think it's weird that you feel sorry for him. I think it shows that you have a God given gift of compassion and that is something that you should value. Maybe this answers any question that you've ever had or ever will have, on capital punishment. Meaning that you are not a believer in it. It's good that you are a forgiver, just keep his memory and all of the horrible things that he did in perspective. That's not to say that you don't remember the evil that he was or that he brought to this earth...Just know that feeling sorry for the "underdog" isn't a bad or weird quality. It's just a compassionate one! And try not to second guess your heart... Take Care... :^)

Answer 5

I don't feel sorry for him at all - having spent time in Iraq in 1991 as a company Medic with the Royal Marines and seen first hand the rows and rows of unmarked graves, the Kurdish villages that were still too poisonous to be habitable (following chemical agent attacks in '88) and dealt with thousands of hounded Kurdish refugees, I've got to say he pretty much got what he deserved. You reap what you sow my friend. Cheers and Happy New Year!

Answer 6

I can only say that I am against the death penalty, humanity
has the responsibility of caring for those who know no better
than doing wrong. There always is a reason for their wrong
ways and, more often than not, these stem back to their
childhood when their surroundings led them to be the way
they are when grown-up. They should be imprisoned and
not tortured, but rather, taught new ways. If they refuse this
treatment, there still is a reason for the continued wrong
ways and it is up to us to find out and change the method
of education, even if it means life imprisonment. The only wrong
way to handle such problems is a death penalty. God gives life
and only He can take it away. I know that, perhaps the majority,
will disagree with me, but we all have the right to express our
views. And I apologise if anyone should feel offended by my
beliefs.

Answer 7

Yes I did in a odd way and I wouldn't have thought it would have bothered me. Seeing him scared was sad. Yes I do feel sorry for him because I believe he had as a child be drive crazy. That doesn't make things right what he did but I know what you mean and there are some that felt sorry for him and his family.

Answer 8

No..Its not weird you feel sorry for him..Some people in authority whether rightly or wrongly do certain things which they themselves feel justified.Hitler did the same..He thought what he did was right..So did Saddam..You fight for what you feel is right..Some of us make mistakes over and over but cannot see that we r doing it..
There will always be people out there like him and War,s going on.because it is their belief..No two of us are the same.
It doesnt make it right but the man believed in what he was doing was correct to the horror of many.Yes i do feel sorry for him...
Kaeylarae xxxxxxxxx

Answer 9

I do not like the idea of someone being hung till death. It makes me feel sick. And the main thing is I don't feel strongly about Saddam either way. But I think he died wanting to be a martyr.

Answer 10

I do feel sorry for him, i feel sorry for the way he was killed.
I do not understand why many others who should be killed are not...

I do not agree with death penalty, if we kill a killer we're murderers just like him...

He should have left to rot at a state prison...

But killing him like that is miserable...is barbaric...
I wonder, are we really rational beings? do we turn the problem on all its sides? do we really understand the man's fear of death?

He was amurderer, i agree, but still...

And don't get me wrong, i do not feel sorry for saddam as a murderer but for all who are on the death row...

Try to read Capote's " In Cold Blood" maybe you'll better understand things about the death penalty..

Answer 11

No it's not weird. Problem is you're thinking about the way he died which to any normal human being seems quite barbaric. Also the fact that he knew he was going to die, will make you think about how terrifying that must be. But you're probably thinking about it as if it were you, which makes it quite horrible.
What you have to do is bear in mind what he did and the thousands of people dead because of him ,who also died in horrific ways and without the benefit of a trial.