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What's more disgusting, wanting to see the final moments of Saddam's hanging or viewing people dancing and singing around James Brown's body?

Say what you want about George W., and certainly there's plenty there to criticize, but...  Saddam Hussein was an evil man.  He was a cold-blooded killer, a practicioner of torture and genocide, a supporter of terrorism (even without a connection to 9/11), and he raped his country financially.  There are plenty of people with good reason to want to see him dead. 

Besides, disgusting or not, morbid curiosity is a deeply ingrained part of human nature.

Celebrating a person's life, on the occassion of their death, through singing and dancing is not new either, and is perfectly natural.  We have a strong need to mark the passing of those we love, and whether it's singing and dancing, or crying and grieving, it is still mourning.  (I have to admit, it does look creepy though.)

(And you forgot to mention the other member of this end-of-year celebrity trifecta ...  Gerarld Ford.)

Is there a difference?

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