People, Saddam used to dip living humans in acid baths, have women raped and beaten to death in front of their husbands, had children disemboweled in front of their parents- for Christ's sake, the man built a multi-level rape auditorium for his sociopathic sons! And hanging is going to make us stoop to his level?

The weight of the person being hanged is what kills them. When the platform drops, their weight against the rope breaks their necks, killing them almost instantly. If he were being slowly strangled, you might have an arguement for a painful death, but hanging is not so much. Although if we wanted a truly painless, instanaeous death, we'd go with the guillotine. Personally, I'd want Saddam executed in his own favorite method of execution- slowly strangled while being dunked into an acid bath.


And DTZ, don't quote Ghandi to me. You do know the man fought in two wars and volunteered for a third, don't you? He also said he would pardon any number of murder to bring India's independence, and gave his blessing to a mandate that said 10 Muslims should be killed for every one Hindu.