Friday, December 29, 2006

saddam hussein

I'm not saying that saddam hussein was not a horrible despotic leader, but the arrogance and self-righteousness implicit in any capital punishment appalls me. I was just out for dinner and caught a bit of the coverage on the tv and then came home and read bush's smug and callous comments online... killing this man, no matter how heinous his crimes, will accomplish no good... I yearn for the day when those in power and adults in general realize the truth in the childhood lesson that two wrongs don't make a right. this is a sad day for humanity... and it's been a sad year and an embarrassing decade for the united states and the world at large. here's to a better future and a more peaceful and empathetic new year.