Principals

So.. when are your core values flexible? I think it takes an engineer to know, because we don't see things in shades of grey. There's only black and white, and values are values in every situation. There are no exceptions.

Saddam Hussein is about to hang by the neck until he is dead. I suppose that's what we spent half a trillion dollars, and 3000 American lives to get. I'm reading that many "liberal" types are making an exception to their opposition to capital punishment for Saddam, because he's a really really bad guy.. He's sort of Hitler junior or something. Here's a good example of that sort of thinking.. from a pundit who is upset that the Catholic's oppose the execution. For all the horrors of the Catholic church, they at least understand the "value" of human life (now), even if they don't really know what constitutes the beginning of life.

Hanging Saddam Hussein is wrong. It's a travesty. You can show me the evidence of his crimes as if by demonstrating that he's really bad, I'll think he deserves to die. If capital punishment were an emotional issue, I'd imagine that would be a persuasive argument. The issue, however, is killing. Killing is morally wrong, and that's all there is to that.

I won't shed a tear for him.. but will continue to be saddened by human nature that seems to allow the killing of it's own species. Not even snakes do that.