On Saddam Hussein

I found photos of Saddam Hussein's execution inappropriately splashed on the front pages of newspapers everywhere. It's not very pleasant to wake up in the morning and see a photo of some guy with a noose round his neck facing his execution even if he was obviously a very bad man.

You could argue that we've seen photos of casualties from wars, terrorist attacks, earthquakes, the tsunami. Unfortunately we hardly ever know much about who they were. But we know a lot about the late Saddam Hussein. Media coverage of his dictatorial rule allowed us nuggets of information which made him more real and more human to me.

Did we really have to repay an eye for an eye though. Yes he was a really evil man and I'm sure his inhumane acts of violence weren't exactly respectful to human dignity.

Being sentenced to death is no walk in the park. Those who sentenced him were, I assume, on relatively higher moral ground. They could have at least allowed him the right to a dignified death rather that the media circus it turned out to be.