Last words: 'Now I'll show you how an Italian dies' | Chicago Sun-Times

[patriotvoice]

ROME -- The Italian hostage executed in Iraq tried to tear off his hood seconds before he was shot dead and screamed: "Now I'll show you how an Italian dies."

Details of the final moments of Fabrizio Quattrocchi deepened Italy's shock and outrage at the hostage crisis as it awaited further news of the three other men seized with him Monday.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/iraq/cst-nws-iside17.html

[rockymountaindem]

1. That's the spirit of the gladiators there man.

I'm not kidding. Gladiators were taught to scorn death. I gotta say I'm impressed with his bravado.

That's going to stick with me for a while.

[Gore1FL]

2. When falling down is all you have left

It matters a great deal.

(I wish I knew where that was from)

[opihimoimoi]

3. Someday we gonna hear:: "I show you how a Bush Resigns"

yeah, right.

[psychopomp]

4. A despicable act

Murder of hostages is capable by only humans reduced to their lowest order. They invite no sympathy to their cause nor mercy in their judgement.

[jokerman93]

5. Neither do we.

Neither do we. Our nation has shamed itself. Have you seen the reports coming in about how the American troops are pacifying this country we've "liberated"?

[psychopomp]

8. That's right, and yes, I have

Our shameful duplicity and the unapologetic ruthlessness of our behavior has reduced the murderers in question to commit an act that would be rightly rejected by all humans with a moral compass.

Murder of hostages is wrong.

[jobycom]

6. Sorry, it's hard for me to see past the beam in our nation's eye

to worry about the mote in theirs. I can't imagine that Americans would behave much better if a nation invaded ours and was indiscriminately slaughtering our neighbors. I imagine most of us would find any means we could to hurt them back.

Yeah, if it makes you feel better, what they did was despicable, but it pales in comparison to our nation's atrocities by such a degree that it's hard to notice their acts.

[PsychoDad]

7. All of Iraq is held hostage.

And our stormtrooper crusaders regularly kill civilians in the name of democracy.

bushler has insured that the word "democracy" will be hated and scorned in the middle east for generations to come.

[0007]

9. Now your talking turkey, man!