It’s been several days since Saddam Hussein was executed, but the event is still very much in the news. He’s the top search term on Technorati, and there are stories about the leaked video in most major newspapers and websites.

The general sentiment that a majority of these sources are expressing is as follows: Yes, Hussein deserved to die for the crimes he was convicted of. But no, he didn’t deserve to go out with people screaming at and taunting him while his execution was recorded on someone’s cell phone and subsequently posted on the Internet for all to see.

One main complaint that these folks have is that Saddam wasn’t allowed to die “with dignity.”

I’m sorry, but I just don’t agree with that line of reasoning. Sure, he looked like a pathetic figure as he was being lead to the noose so it might have been easy to feel sorry for him. But remember the reason he was there in the first place. Did any of the 148 people who were killed in the 1982 Dujail massacre die with dignity? Was Saddam worried about that point when he was in power? Absolutely not.

So, no, I don’t think I’ll worry about Saddam’s dignity in his final moments….

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