tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432583.post116282451746043751..comments2024-01-16T22:44:45.454-05:00Comments on The TransAtlantic Assembly: The Only Possible Thing to say: No to Death PenaltyScott M. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02806282026211879465noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432583.post-1162917846153521512006-11-07T11:44:00.000-05:002006-11-07T11:44:00.000-05:00I support Lorenzo's position. However, formally sp...I support Lorenzo's position. However, formally speaking I find the position of the UK most problematic (including other countries of the EU (and Council of Europe) that took part in the coalition of the willing invading Iraq and that still have troops there). They apply double standards, while the US is at least honest, it allows for the dead penalty so it can also support it in Iraq. UK does not allow dead penalty internally, but when it comes to the 'natives'in the 'collonies' (Iraq) then its acceptable. I am firmly against these double standards and would hope UK could exert enough pressure on the Iraqy apelate court to overturn this decision.Srdjan Cvijichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554799586994194939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432583.post-1162854671102961012006-11-06T18:11:00.000-05:002006-11-06T18:11:00.000-05:00Mussolini was hung too, not by the same part of th...Mussolini was hung too, not by the same part of the body though. Hitler killed himself but would have been executed, probably by the rope too, at Nuremberg, like Hesse, Goering and others. Eichmann was executed long after death penalty was abolished in Israel, and Arendt explained why it made sense.<BR/><BR/>I do not support Hussein's execution but I understand how it could fit in the history of Iraq, assuming that this is really what the Iraqis want (I have reasonable doubts about that). Iraq may be at the same tipping point that Europe was at in 1945. I would like to emphasize the hypothetical 'may' here.<BR/><BR/>Also, Nuremberg was followed by the Marshall Plan. Both events can be seen as complementary in a sense: eradication followed by new bricks of civilisation. I don't think this is going to happen in Iraq.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com