Originally Posted by groove (Post 941069)

Groove beleives Gadaffi has been captured and has heard he has been killed.

Originally Posted by steve2qec (Post 941105)

Just seen it on the news - those Libyans are worse than animals and probably no better (or even worse) than Gadaffi. I'm sickened!

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 941123)

Thats right should have give him community service,:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Tealeaf (Post 941163)

Gaddy was finished of with a 9mm pistol; Binny was taken out with an assault weapon with a 'dum dum' bullet which took off half his head as well as the body shots. That's one of the reasons why his piccy's were never shown. Anyway - why do you want to know - presumably another conspiracy theory?

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 941194)

I know that this man was a dictator and had done some terrible things in his life, so why do I feel so bad about seeing him being manhandled and having such an undignified,tortured and terrible end?
And why does it sadden me to see people rejoicing at the loss of a mans life?

Today, the news coverage/video footage of this event seems so intrusive.......and while I know the people in Libya will need to see proof that this man has finally been defeated....do we need to see it all over the papers?

Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 941176)

There is no such thing as a dum dum bullet, thats Hollywood fiction.
Dum Dum is an Arsenal in India, where a Captain Clay experimented with hollow nosed .303 bullets.
in was produced in Mk3, 4 & 5, before being outlawed at the Haigh Convention.
All the surplus stock was used on ranges for target practice, some spent bullets have been found on the old Hambledon Ranges at Hapton.

Retlaw.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 941201)

Why should anyone feel bad about the corpse, when not too many had any positive feelings for the man when he was alive ... doesn't make too much sense to me. And I really don't see too much undignified about his end. He said he would not run away; that he would die fighting in Libya. And it seems as if that is what he did. I suppose that makes him one of the very few leaders who actually do what they say.:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Tealeaf (Post 941163)

Gaddy was finished of with a 9mm pistol; Binny was taken out with an assault weapon with a 'dum dum' bullet which took off half his head as well as the body shots. That's one of the reasons why his piccy's were never shown. Anyway - why do you want to know - presumably another conspiracy theory?

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 941203)

I know what you are saying is essentially true, but that doesn't stop me feeling uncomfortable about it........not that he didn't run away....he said he would die in Libya, and so in that respect he got his wish.

But, however you look at it his end was undignified......he was tossed about, and if reports are to be believed he was, if not begging for mercy, asking not to be killed.

Maybe it is my gender/background that makes me feel that his treatment was inhuman.(and yes, I know that what goes around comes around....he had done some very bad things)

Maybe the joyful scenes were not just the rejoicing of the overflow of this despot, but the hope that things can now be different. I hope so too, but I fear that it won't much alter the situation in region.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 941227)

Well I've just been on a newspaper website and they have published some picks of what appears to be his last minutes of life, Um caught in a cross-fire, think somebody is telling some porky pies, I see the UN has ordered an investigation into the manner of his death, which should be interesting

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 941227)

Well I've just been on a newspaper website and they have published some picks of what appears to be his last minutes of life, Um caught in a cross-fire, think somebody is telling some porky pies, I see the UN has ordered an investigation into the manner of his death, which should be interesting

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 941213)

Dictators and despots often meet undignified ends .... there are lots of examples in the historical record, some recent, some not. Not too much dignified about what happened to Richard lll (1485, I believe) ... and poor Cromwell, dug up and hanged ... and Mussolini: upside down from a lamp post.

In a way, I kinda admire the guy ... he was a little weird, but there again Michael Jackson wasn't all that normal either; however, he said he would win or he would die. He had the balls to face what he knew was his inevitable fate. Good for him.:alright:

Originally Posted by jaysay

I didn't put the link to the website

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 941201)

He said he would not run away; that he would die fighting in Libya. And it seems as if that is what he did. I suppose that makes him one of the very few leaders who actually do what they say.:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 941176)

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 941303)

Had grown rather fond of Gaddafi as a hate-figure - who will take his place?
we need someone with a more catchy name...:rolleyes::D

Originally Posted by groove (Post 941284)

Groove agrees with Maggy.P and Taggy on this issue

Originally Posted by yerself (Post 941287)

Admit it, you've been reading The Grauniad.:D:D

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 941305)

How about cmonstanley or mancie? Or Brown, Blair? No, the last two aren't catchy enough.

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 941301)

I think Tealeaf meant a Jacketed Hollow Point(JHP) Retlaw. These are still legal and would cause an aweful mess in a head shot.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 941303)

Had grown rather fond of Gaddafi as a hate-figure - who will take his place? The obvious candidate is the President of Iran (next on the list to be toppled) -he of the unpronounceable name - Mahmud Ahmadinejad (yes, i did cut and paste it!).

Not convinced though after Saddam, Osama and Gaddafi we need someone with a more catchy name...:rolleyes::D

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 941335)

I am NOT Maggy, or Margo.....I am Margaret. Please will you afford me the courtesy of using my given name. Thank You.

Originally Posted by groove (Post 941559)

Groove apologises Margaret....Groove thinks that Robert Mugabe should be the next tyrant to be disposed of, but as there is no oil in his country thinks this is unlikely.

Originally Posted by Boeing Guy (Post 941645)

Oh I very much doubt Mugabe will be next, there are others in North Africa and the arab states to go yet.

Originally Posted by accyman (Post 941714)

quick question...

when an evil dictator is removed do all those here seeking asylum for fear of their lives have to go home now the threat to their life is removed and any present applications under these terms voided ?

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 941717)

No, because they might have pets, who'd miss them.

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