Anybody else not looking at the pictures or the videos?

[AlCzervik]

Maybe i'm alone here but i have zero interest in seeing pictures of the actual hanging of pictures or him afterward.

[Radio_Lady]

1. Agreed. I find the whole thing grotesque.

I want to remember him when he came out of the "rabbit hole" and was being checked by the doctor.

That's good enough.

If I change my mind, I'm sure the pictures will still be on the Internet. I'll search Google for "SADDAM EXECUTION VIDEO" -- When I do that tonight, I get seven pages of hits!

Good night and good luck.

[Stardust]

37. No desire or curiousity to see it AT ALL.

[chefgirl]

2. Same here

It actually makes me queasy to think about what we've done, and what the payback is likely to be.

-chef-

[applegrove]

3. One video crept up on me on the TV. Thankfully they cut out before

anything happened. Yuk. Ewe. Disgusting.

[AlCzervik]

9. i saw some of the Nick Berg beheading video by accident, after that

i just don't want to see anything like it ever again. Like a fool i clicked a link and thought it was a story and it turned out to be the video, i didn't see him beheaded but i saw enough to make me physically ill.

[applegrove]

21. Thankfully I managed to avoid that video of Nick..alltogether.

[Radio_Lady]

25. I don't care for violence of any kind, and even in movies, I have to look away.

For example, there was all kinds of human to human violence depicted in "Apocalypto." I was pretty disgusted by the end of that film.

I don't have to have nightmares over Saddam Hussein.

[applegrove]

32. I read a book on the history of tribal brutality..all around the world. I

think I will have to skip Apocalypto. I like action movies..if they are over the top..so not lifelike. I just like the good guys to win sometimes. I don't care who Saddam Hussein is..I am glad he was tried and I don't want anything to do with his death sentence.

[silverojo]

44. He wasn't beheaded, he was hanged n/t

[SharonRB]

4. I'm not looking at them either

[Kagemusha]

5. I've seen enough death and destruction as it is...

Saddam's death doesn't feel special to me, and I don't intend to make it feel special by watching the "snuff film" of his last moments.

That said, I haven't been able to escape the pictures from the NY Times and The Independent's front pages.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I am actively avoiding any such pictures or videos.......

I actually have negative interest in them.......:puke:

[Webster Green]

7. I'm being careful to avoid them.. (n/t)

[cwydro]

8. Have not looked and have even avoided

any mention of it...news junkie that I am, if I hear a reference to the execution I am clicking off.

TVLand might be good tonight. Or America's Most Wanted, lol.

[Sparkly]

10. I'm not. nt

[G Hawes]

11. You're not alone.

I'm not looking at them either.

[benddem]

12. I'm not watching

nor am I interested in the funeral. I think it's maudlin.

[peace13]

13. Not looking.

Another senseless death added to the pile. Could we be more helpless? Peace, Kim

[valerief]

14. I'm not looking at them either. Snuff stuff. nt

[volstork]

15. I agree

not that i'm squeamish (I'm a physician), but I have no desire to see the evil that * and co. have wrought. It is all just a huge sham-- all one need do is look at rummy shaking hands with Saddam to know the truth.

[Critters2]

16. I started to watch the video, but thought better of it. I don't want to watch anyone die. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. I won't look.

It's creepy beyond description. I have no interest in watching snuff films, no matter who the snuffee is. It's grotesque.

[William769]

18. I'm glad he's gone, but I have no interest in seeing the pictures or video.

[LibraLiz1973]

19. I'm not. It's gross

[acmavm]

20. I'm not going to look at any pictures or videos either. I've never

seen a beheading (although I was in the room when someone else watched one and the sounds of the dying man gave me nightmares for days).

I don't stop to look at accidents, I don't stop to see what happened when emergency vehicles are at a place, house or business.

Maybe I'm a coward although I understand that shit happens. I just refuse to gawk at tragedy.

[Say_What]

22. Too ghoulish and macabre for me... I can't believe how the media

splashed this all over the web. What a bunch of sick fucks. :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[CatWoman]

23. I'm with you

I didn't want to see his son's corpses, either, even tho the MSM made it near impossible.

I also don't do car wrecks, scars and open sores.

And I'm very thankful for people giving a graphic warning when they post gory pictures.

[blues90]

24. I have no desire to look

I feel the entire ordeal was wrong from the start . I also feel ones imagination is enough .

The news and the internet have gone far past the point of no reture with their insistent desensitizing efforts .

I suppose they feel there is some sort of proof to be offered by seeing the views of a dead man .

I'll have to take their word for this .

I made the great mistake turning on CNN this morning with only the hope of hearing they decided not to go through with this hanging only to find they had and I caught the bit with the black scarf placed around Saddams neck and the view of the rope and trapdoor . I did'nt need this , now I can't get it out of my head . Pretty sick stuff .

[Disturbed]

28. I saw it once and that was gross enough.

Sadly, most people probably enjoyed seeing the Vid. and Photo. Many people are into viewing death and violence. It is not enjoyable to me.

[Radio_Lady]

26. Chimpsrsmarter, you seem to have a lot of company in the DU tonight.

I'm sure there's a contingent of folks who wanted to see it -- judging from what I've read in the last hour or two on the Internet.

[liberal N proud]

27. No interest in seeing any part of any execution

But there are sick people who eat up death and destruction.
And the media will sell it to them. We are stuck watching even if we don't want to.

[shireen]

29. not interested either

doesn't bother me if someone wants to post the link. we have a choice to view it, or not.

[FightingIrish]

30. But your president would really like you to see what

he has accomplished. A brutal execution is so special for him, no matter what it has cost.

[AlCzervik]

33. yes, Bush Porn indeed--no thanks.

[Cleita]

38. You know I saw Lee Harvey Oswald, Bobby Kennedy and

Anwar Sadat all murdered live on TV, unexpectedly, while I was just watching the news. It was very disturbing. There is no way I would deliberately watch anything like that.

[FightingIrish]

39. I lived through those horrors too.

It seems as though the value of a human life, any human life, meant more back then. We have a president who touts freedom but treats human life like a commodity. Although he can't get the numbers right, the people who have died for his vanity is still just a number to him.

[bdamomma]

68. I'm surprised bushie did not ask for Saddam's Head to be

brought back to him to the Oval Office to display near Saddam's gun, we all know what a sick bastard bush is.

[Rob H.]

31. Not looking, either

I have no desire whatsoever to see them.

[lala_rawraw]

34. me... have gone out of my way to avoid looking

[ladym55]

35. Add me to the list

For a supposedly "Christian" nation with high principles, we sure do revel in gore.

Wow. How crass. We make sure the guy is dead on (a) the eve of the Muslim holiday of forgiveness (timing is everything); and (b) before Iran can get at him (then the world would know we played a role in Saddam's crimes against the Iranians).

And we top it off by reveling in pictures of his execution. Golly, I wonder why other nations of the world don't like us so much. :sarcasm:

[Cleita]

36. Raises hand.

I'm not watching the Ford funeral either. I will be watching SPAN though when Congress convenes.

[Hardrada]

40. I don't need to see this.

& am appalled at people who do.

[ngant17]

41. I don't have cable, don't watch much TV

and dail-up connection will kill the video idea anyway. Plus I don't even want to bother installing Flash or QuickTime to watch it.

I want to remember at least some of the good things that Hussein was able to do: universal education, sufferage and womens' rights, low infant mortality rates, some semblance of a civil society (at least compared to the anarchy that exists today).

B*** turned back the clock on Iraq for at least 1000 years or more. What a sorry contribution to humanity!

[CrispyQ]

42. Not me.

I wonder about those who do. Why?????

[silverojo]

43. I hope that next November

You'll all be that squeamish when they start replaying the footage of Kennedy's death over and over again.

He deserves at least as much respect as Saddam....

[dave_p]

45. Me neither

And I wouldn't whoever it was. A "civilization" where killing becomes entertainment is no longer worthy of the name. Bush & Co have dragged a large part of the planet into their moral cesspit, and it's going to be a hell of a job restoring decent human standards.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

46. I'm not looking

concentrating on peace and life.

[oblivious]

47. NOPE. Though it's hard to avoid the noose pic on the front page of newspapers. Sick.

[hlthe2b]

48. Absolutely NOT.... I find all the posts asking for links to the video

and pictures, just simply horrifying. These are people with whom I thought I had a kinship, in terms of my progressive values. Yet, many are behaving like the lynch mobs of the late 1800s. Their bloodlust and macabre desire to see the extremely violent death of another human being--no matter how horrible that person's deeds--is devastating for me to see. But, many posting on DU are no better than the MSM (nor probably Free Republic) in exploiting this horrendous incident.


Those whose chests are pushed out and adrenaline rushing at the thought of Saddam's hanging are no better than Bush* himself, if you ask me. Flame me if you wish. I will not be responding.

[WinkyDink]

49. I'm not.

[devilgrrl]

50. Not interested either

eom

[starbux by IV]

51. I can't even look at the 'befores'

when they showed the noose being placed around his neck, I had to turn away. I don't have a weak stomach in the least - I just think it's horrible to film someone mere seconds away from death. No matter who they are.

It's just too spooky to watch footage of someone, knowing you are witnessing their final breaths.

[Pastiche423]

52. No, you are not alone

It was stated last night that little lord pissypants was in bed, dreaming of more evil deeds, thus did not watch the execution.

No way in hell do I believe that. I'm pretty sure I know where one of his hands was when it occurred.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

53. me

[KarenS]

54. I'm not looking either,,,,,

the teevee has been off all day and I am avoiding the M$M "News" websites,,,,

[salin]

55. you are not alone. n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

56. Me too

It's not entertainment to me

[Connonym]

57. Absolutely no way do I want to witness any of it

I'm opposed to execution and the thought of watching it for prurient interests strikes me as barbaric and grotesque.

[windbreeze]

58. not something I either want or need to see period;...n/t

[theophilus]

59. I'm avoiding the images like the plague. n/t

[SmokingJacket]

60. The whole thing REVOLTS me.

I think it's incredibly unhealthy for our society. We're moving backwards.

[Arkansas Granny]

61. I have been unable to completely avoid the pictures, since they

seem to be plastered on several websites, but I will not be watching the video if I can possibly help it.

[midnight]

62. Thank you. I do not have any interest in this.

[laylah]

63. Ditto.

This kind of frenzy reminds me of the movie "Running Man". I want no part of it!
Jenn

[Moochy]

64. Hid the thread

Wish we had a no snuff video links policy here at DU.

They kill links to hate sites, there are plenty of places to get this elsewhere, but thats why i hid it. :puke:

[MissB]

65. I'm too busy to watch tv at this point.

And I doubt my Sunday paper is crass enough to publish them.

[bigwillq]

66. I don't want to see it (nt)

[bdamomma]

67. I have no reason to watch Saddam get executed how many

times did the MSM play Saddam being examined when he was found. It is disgusting, and what is even more troubling is how they executed him before the Moslem Haaj. That is like executing a Christian before Christmas, I think Maliki was just a puppet and the strings were being pulled by our disgusting regime to put Saddam to death. His death will not matter one bit, our troops are still out there being sacrificed for George.

[Kajsa]

69. I'm not watching it, either.

I have no desire to see it at all.

EOM

[Horse with no Name]

70. I have no desire to see these

one of coworkers today talked about this almost non-stop during downtimes.
I told her I thought it was wrong--she is a Bush supporter and a Christian and doesn't understand that "Thou shalt not kill" or "vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord"...and all that stuff. I also told her that I didn't want to talk about it.
She went on and on and on and on...even to the specifics of what the neck looked like.:(
Anyway...she then shocked me.
She said she thought she would feel different, but for some reason, she felt icky.
Go figure.:eyes:

[Beausoir]

71. Nope. I have zero interest in seeing it. I could care less.

I don't do snuff films.

[DemReadingDU]

72. no interest