And another thing...

I can't understand for the life of me why so many conservatives, who frequently attack those who aren't right-wing crazies for being anti-religion, or call the entire left-of-centre atheists etc., are so... unChristian. It never ceases to amaze me how completely the message of Christ seems to be lost on these self-appointed defenders of the faith. Take this for instance. I will grant you that Saddam Hussein was an awful human being, but... I wonder if Jesus would have approved of taunting a man as he was put to death? Hell, I wonder if Jesus would have approved of executing people in general? The point is not that Saddam Hussein did not deserve to be executed; by most standards he probably did. The point is that it is wrong to kill people in cold blood, period.

Incidentally, I wonder who personally signed more death warrants in the period between 1996 and 2000 - the president of Iraq or the born-again governor of Texas? Something to ponder.

Saddam

The world's reaction on Saddam Hussein's execution seems to be mixed, of course. No word from the Canadian government yet that I've heard, though. I doubt we'll hear anything from Harper or MacKay, and if we do, it will be a generic comment about a fair trial and whatnot. But Harper and MacKay would probably prefer to not comment on this at all; MacKay supports the death penalty, and I'm pretty sure Harper does too. That's not something they want the Canadian public thinking about, just like so much of what they believe.