I've never been very big on the death penalty. I think it tends to be too easy a way out for most people. It may sound morbid of me, but I honestly don't think the death penalty, at least as it's used in the U.S., is painful enough. It doesn't involve enough suffering. I feel if we're truely punishing someone, they should be made to suffer, and that suffering should be done in prison. That's just my personal view, and it's a harsh one, I know.

However, I believe certain people just shouldn't be allowed to live. Sadam was one of them. Though he didn't experience even a decimal of the suffering he inflicted in his life when he was hung, to keep him alive would have been simply too damn dangerous for too many innocent people. Better that he can't be allowed to hurt anyone now, though doubtless those still loyal to him will hurt enough people for him.

Still. Even as horrible a man he was and as much suffering as he inflicted, I hope he does rest in what peace is available to him. I don't think that will be much, though.

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