execute

when it comes to graphic images of war, terror, torture, or even execution, when does the individual's right to privacy end and the public's right to know begin? this line is a bit fuzzy for me, and still i struggle...

last year, i looked at those ghastly images of torture victims at abu ghraib. last week, i watched the entire video of saddam hussein's execution. my friend and i huddled around my mother's computer and watched in complete silence for two minutes as images of saddam's cold, business-like resignation to his fate gave way to a mix of jubilance and chaos once he stepped through the gallows.

i witnessed the execution of a tyrant in my mother's living room. and i'm not sure how i feel about it...