Saddam sentenced to death!

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » November 6th, 2006, 10:22

Very nice work but I worry about the source images you had to look through before you found a good one.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » November 6th, 2006, 12:10

pfffttttt that made me chortle, but panic like fuck at work at the same time.
Sorry to be a Hitler Admin, but I've changed it to a URL instead of an image.

So what does everyone think, is this going to make things worse than if he were given a life sentence instead?

cashy · Post by **cashy** » November 6th, 2006, 12:26

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote: So what does everyone think, is this going to make things worse than if he were given a life sentence instead?

Killing him wont change anything, but not killing him would give his supporters reason to think that his actions were forgiven, and he wasnt really all that bad a guy.
Personally i cant wait to see it on youtube.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » November 6th, 2006, 13:06

Personally I think it's good thing. A public hanging may go against our Western sensibilities but I think we have to start learning that this is a different culture and we have to respect it. It also sends a clear message to the leaders of other oppressive regimes, but if the appeal process enables Saddam to be locked up for the rest of his life this could undo all that.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 6th, 2006, 13:12

That's a good point Spoodie. Personally I'm reluctant to condone the death sentence, but as you say this is a different culture and I respect that. Of course the West seems only too happy to interfere with middle-eastern culture when it suits them (us?) though.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » November 6th, 2006, 13:24

Dog Pants wrote:Of course the West seems only too happy to interfere with middle-eastern culture when it suits them (us?) though.

This is very true and we in the UK can't put all the blame on the US, we're just a guilty and we will have to wait and see how history judges us. I was all for the invasion of Iraq before it started, perhaps some good has come out of it and the UK presence in Iraq was beneficial, but the true motives are potentially criminal in my opinion.

Fear · Post by **Fear** » November 6th, 2006, 13:44

Has anyone been able to pick up al jazeera on Sky Digital? I was talking to my Mum about whether she'd watch the hanging if she could and we thought AJ would carry it. I then went and research the channel freq/polarity/etc to set it up, finds it fine but when we actually load the channel up it just says "There has been a technical fault."

It could be censored here, or Bush has bombed their offices?

Anyone know anything?

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » November 6th, 2006, 14:12

Looks like we need a thread in the Entertainment section.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » November 6th, 2006, 14:46

Fear wrote:Has anyone been able to pick up al jazeera on Sky Digital? I was talking to my Mum about whether she'd watch the hanging if she could and we thought AJ would carry it. I then went and research the channel freq/polarity/etc to set it up, finds it fine but when we actually load the channel up it just says "There has been a technical fault."

It could be censored here, or Bush has bombed their offices?

Anyone know anything?

It appears to be on Astra 2 and is an unencrypted channel

http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html

If you can pick up any of the other channels on 11527Mhz you should be able to see this, can you manually change polarity settings on a sky box?

Fear · Post by **Fear** » November 6th, 2006, 15:00

mrbobbins wrote:If you can pick up any of the other channels on 11527Mhz you should be able to see this, can you manually change polarity settings on a sky box?

Yes I can happily see Thomas Cook and the NHS channels. Its just AJ that borks. Might have actually been a technical error at the time and it might be fixed now.

Yes you can change polarity on Sky Digital boxes.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » November 6th, 2006, 15:00

mrbobbins wrote:can you manually change polarity settings on a sky box?

Jon Pertwee can reverse it, but only if it's a neutron flow.

I'm going to have a play with my sky box tonight and try to work out what you're talking about.

Post by **FatherJack** » November 6th, 2006, 15:05

I've never had any luck picking up extra* channels on Sky Dig like you could with Anal - you seem to get your "bouquet" as Sky call it, and that's it.

*german porn

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » November 6th, 2006, 15:06

Fear wrote:
Yes I can happily see Thomas Cook and the NHS channels. Its just AJ that borks. Might have actually been a technical error at the time and it might be fixed now.

Yes you can change polarity on Sky Digital boxes.

What about GayDateTV?

Sky Digital
Thomas Cook TV
GayDateTV
Aljazeera Channel
NHS Direct Mosaic 1
NHS Direct Mosaic 2

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » November 6th, 2006, 15:10

FatherJack wrote:I've never had any luck picking up extra* channels on Sky Dig like you could with Anal - you seem to get your "bouquet" as Sky call it, and that's it.

*german porn

Well you have dish pointing at Astra 2 and a receiver with which you can manually enter channel info so in theory you should be able to pick up any free to air channel on this list

http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html

(Edit, assuming it's a digital channel)

Fear · Post by **Fear** » November 6th, 2006, 16:23

OK I think I have answered my own question.

AJ is a pay channel, you need to subscribe.

I can pick up the AJ Promo channel (11681 V) fine.

Ah well, I'll have to watch it on either you tube or <strike>the American Propaganda and Catholic Extremism Channel</strike> Fox News - they're bound to show it.

Fear · Post by **Fear** » November 6th, 2006, 16:25

mrbobbins wrote:What about GayDateTV?

That's always worked.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 6th, 2006, 16:31

Before it happens I'd just like to say I'd rather not see it on 5punk. It's in pretty bad taste, leave that sort of thing for Bangdup.com.

This is just my personal opinion by the way, not an Official WEY Directive(TM).

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » November 6th, 2006, 16:34

Dog Pants wrote:Before it happens I'd just like to say I'd rather not see it on 5punk. It's in pretty bad taste, leave that sort of thing for Bangdup.com.

This is just my personal opinion by the way, not an Official WEY Directive(TM).

I'd agree there, i'll probably watch it (yes i am a sick fuck) but this is not the place for such things.

Fear · Post by **Fear** » November 6th, 2006, 16:41

I'd quite happily watch that but I wouldn't watch the beheading of a hostage or something like that. Can't really put my finger on why tho. Both is the ending of a persons life.