So you can show the bodies of leaders assassinated by

[malaise]

Western forces - WTF is going on?
Have we no shame as human beings?

[trumad]

Western Forces

Did not kill Qaddafi.

[Taverner]

5. I was going to say...

I am no fan of Western Intervention, but he was taken out by Libyans.

[EFerrari]

7. Rght. The correct term would be Western puppets. nt

[thewiseguy]

20. You seem sad. My condolences to you.

[dionysus]

8. nuh-uh! it was teh CIA11!11

[secondwind]

1. Apparently, in Arab circles, they WANT to see the body. Maybe they don't believe it unless they

see it.

[DFab420]

2. Would you rather the news censor itself?

[EFerrari]

11. If George Bush were beaten and murdered by an Iraqi mob

you would be in favor of celebrating that and plastering photos of his body all over the media?

[The Magistrate]

25. Abso-Fucking-Lutely, Ma'am!

Hell, even the grand-children would get a drink over that.

[KansDem]

31. You know...

I was kinda thinking the same thing...:hide:

[okieinpain]

32. I hear you. I have no sympathy for the man, he could have taken

his billions and big busted nurses and left a long time ago. but no he was a fool drunken with power and thought he could just slaughter his way to better times. karma comes to mind.

[DFab420]

35. Well your metaphor doesn't serve its purpose at all...Since Gaddafi was killed by HIS OWN PEOPLE....

[EFerrari]

3. McClatchy: Video shows Gadhafi was alive when captured in Sirte

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/10/20/127808/world-waits-on-reports-that-moammar.html

I just read a tweet sent by Barbara Boxer celebrating this. I think I have to stop reading for a few hours because I'm going to :puke:

[dionysus]

10. mourning a dead dictator. bizarre.

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

Celebrating murder, bizarre.

[dionysus]

38. nope. not celebrating. just not mourning.

[AngkorWot]

4. Personally I think people should be ashamed if they didn't support the Revolution.

:shrug:

[ret5hd]

14. were you afraid that someone here would think otherwise of you???

[Name removed]

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[dionysus]

6. well, here's todays ginned up outrage. just like clockwork.

:rofl:

[Bragi]

9. You have a problem with brutal murder by bloodthirsty mobs?

Does it change things for you to know it was for a good cause -- oil?

[AngkorWot]

12. I've noticed there were several people calling for the blood of wall street execs

and are now suddenly squeamish of it.

[EFerrari]

15. Bullshit. n/t

[malaise]

17. +1,000

Still shaking head

[dionysus]

18. oh for fucks sake, how many pictures of guillotines have been posted on here.. and by the same type

of people who cry when bin laden or quadaffi get smoked?

plenty.

[EFerrari]

22. No matter how long I argue with you. you will not acquire a moral compass.

I'm going to do something more fun and usefully like much out the stables. Ciao.

[dionysus]

24. one might argue those who cry over the demise of despots lack a moral compass.

:shrug:

[EFerrari]

26. In order to do that, you'd first have to believe killing is a victory for freedom

or for anything, for that matter. See?

Let someone else teach you remedial ethics.

[AngkorWot]

30. I'd say it's more about justice than freedom.

I mean, you'd probably be happy if he had escaped to some other third-world dictatorship, but how would that have been a victory for freedom?

[Bragi]

33. How about something just a bit civilized?

I hate to be one of those pesky rule of law types, but I'd celebrate something like a trial and a conviction and a sentence, you know, the sort thing that might send out signals showing the world what the new and just Libya is all about?

Instead of say, the kind of signal sent out when you have a murderous thug brutally slain by a crazed, bloodthirsty mob.

I have no problem not cheering for that, and I question the humanity and/or intelligence of anyone who knowingly cheers for and endorses any unnecessary, brutal murder.

[Wait Wut]

37. That's not fair.

Calling people out on their hypocrisy is mean. Just because they think a sign saying "Jump Fuckers" is teh awesome, doesn't mean that they would want Pres. Obama to push Qadaffi out of a window. Bankers are evil and I heard Qadaffi saved a kitten by murdering an entire family that was in its path.

[Wait Wut]

29. No.

I made a comment (in a subsequently locked thread) that the "Jump Fuckers" sign was inappropriate. I was the only one that thought so. Quite a few people thought it was hilarious.

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. And to keep Gaddafi from installing a "gold only" exchange for his oil.

[malaise]

16. No

This planet is beyond scary.

[gratuitous]

19. Not only show it, but apparently you have to celebrate it, too

It seems a pretty complicated phenomenon, but I am assured over and over again by putative liberals that it's the correct course of action. I'm still having some trouble trimming my stubborn ideals to fit this year's fashion.

[malaise]

23. Beautifully stated

I too will stay out of fashion.

[EFerrari]

28. We need a name for these days when everyone is celebrating

the latest grisly attack on the rule of law. We seem to have them so frequently any more.

[sinkingfeeling]

27. Personally, I don't think we are exposed to enough pictures of dead bodies. If we were we just might

curb some of our violence/wars.

[Freddie Stubbs]

34. Who can show the bodies?

[FarCenter]

36. I believe that I've seen pictuers of Mussolini hanged

And weren't there pictures of the Romanian dictator? Ceaucescu?

Ah, here it is.