Saddam's Trial Adjourned Until Dec. 21.
This headline has reminded me of something I've always wondered about but never remembered to ask: Is "Saddam" his first name? If so, why is it OK that we use his first name like that? It seems to me that we should call him Hussein. Am I wrong? Do we or have we ever referred to any other world leader that way? Look at all the other "bad guys" in recent history: Hitler, Stalin, Kruschev, Castro, Qaddafi, Amin - did the media call them Adolf, Joseph, Nikita, Fidel, Muammar or Idi?
Is it weird that we call him Saddam, or is it just me?
It's probably just me.
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To be honest, I'd never really thought about it. I've almost always referred to him as 'f*cking jackass'.
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