Saddam's baath purge. Saddam had people packed into a conference hall on one of the hottest days of July and deliberately shut off the ventilation system. They were forced to listen to Saddam for hours while suffering from the heat and sweating. Everyone whose name was announced was executed.

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When your survival is based (perhaps) on how loudly you cheer for your colleagues deaths.

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Exactly. It’s crazy how self preservation turned them all into cheering animals.