If it had been Bush on the gallows instead of Saddam ?

[kentuck]

How do you think he would have acted?

Would he have pissed on the cameraman standing below? Would he have cried and whined, "Please don't kill me", like Karla Faye Tucker did before he signed her death warrant? Or would he have walked up to edge like a man and take his "medicine"? Would he tell the executioners to "go to hell"? Or would he have smirked?

[MADem]

1. It still would have been wrong....IMO.

I don't go for the death penalty.

[BlueJac]

2. Cowards would cry and beg for mommy!!

And there is no doubt of his cowardness.

[walldude]

3. Well to be fair Saddam was also a huge coward

yet he looked like the most sane person at the execution... Just sayin.

[EST]

4. In response to your initial question:

There would probably have been much more rejoicing in the world.

[Robbien]

5. Is there really anything good which can come from this thread?

Best if it just slowly sank out of sight.

[3121guitarist]

6. If we followed the essence of the Nuremburg Tribunals...

Bush would be on the gallows.

[bluewave]

7. I would have cursed the fool who made the mistake.

Send him to the Hague, let him rot forever.

[Double T]

8. Would rather have him go to Gitmo or Abu Ghraib prisons..........

for 700,000+ consecutive lifetime sentences.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

9. Bush would get the best drugs Daddy's money could buy...

he'd go well sedated.

[Clevenger]

13. I think he already has them. n/t

[kentuck]

14. He takes them early in the morning...

Why do you think he has such a difficult time pronouncing his words if it's before 10 AM? He's peaking!

[illinoisprogressive]

10. We can only dream about your title. ahhhhhhhhhhhh

[BobRossi]

11. Hard to tell..

Had it been, I would be on my 20th or 30th case of Veuve Clicquot by now and barely able to stand up let alone care about shrub!

[Demeter]

12. I Would Have Watched It! Maybe In Person, Even!

Although I'd have to get a passport, visa, tickets, and body armor...

[aquart]

15. Don't care. I would have simply cheered.

It would be so nice to be able to revive my faith in justice.

[MistressOverdone]

16. I guess I'm the only one who finds this a disturbing

thread. Oh well!

[etherealtruth]

18. No you are not ...

It was a barbaric act.

It would be no less barbaric if the Chimp was in Saddam's place.

[MistressOverdone]

19. And today's horrors...

not much to say, really.

[etherealtruth]

20. No , just sitting in horror

Forgive my manners ... Welcome to DU

[RedCappedBandit]

17. Uh

I dunno, I just don't see whats manly about calmly letting people kill you..
Death penalty is wrong.

How would you react in such a situation?