I have a question and a concern.

Is it just me or is the reporting today around Saddam Hussein wrong and out of order? His prison guards have been interviewed telling us what foods he likes, what games he wants to play and so on. I missed the first part of the first interview I heard on the radio and I really thought the people were talking about a creature in a zoo.

When I realised they were talking about another human being with thoughts and emotions, a person created by God, I felt quite sickened.

Surely this type of reporting is de-humanising and wrong. Here we have an imprisoned and maybe even evil man, but to parade and poke fun in this way makes me feel uncomfortable. I suspect we would be outraged if a terrorist group paraded a hostage in similar language such as ‘oooo they like Doritos but they think they are going to go home soon! No chance of that is there!’

This is wrong.
Respect has gone.
He is no longer being thought of as a human being
an equal.
He is being thought of as an animal.
Treated as sub-human
But …
no matter what we think
no matter what evil he has performed
he is still a father
someone’s friend
a mothers son
God’s created
in His image