Iran acid punishment?

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Bit of background info:

A man in Iran threw acid in a women's face because she repeatedly turned down his marriage proposals. The women's face was completely burnt and disfigured and she lost vision in both eyes. The man admited to the offence numeruous times in court and his punishment was that acid would be put in his eyes. Under apparent pressure from other countries the punisment was provoked (or something to the like).
What do you think should happen?

The punishment should be carried out 53
No it should be revoked 24
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  • dappled
    12 years ago

    I agree with DiscoDuck. How would you feel if Iranians felt justified in interfering with your process of law?

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    • [Old Memory]
      12 years ago

      so would you think amnesty international is not a worthwhile organization?

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      • DiscoDuck
        12 years ago

        AI is an organization, unlike people who are easily swayed by opinion and mob mentality thinking. Organizations have the ability to formulate reasonable actions based on logical thinking which considers all sides.

        In short people make mobs, mobs can be swayed to justify hanging people from light posts to setting them on fire and everything in between.

        If there is a law to be changed or amended let that law be addressed by an organization or a government.

        In the mean time respect the laws of others even if you do not agree with them and spend your time sweeping around you own front door [look at your own countries laws] before you go trying to clean up someone elses...

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        • [Old Memory]
          12 years ago

          but there are people who have no power to change their laws, what about them?

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          • DiscoDuck
            12 years ago

            If you live somewhere that has laws that are detrimental to your survival the best option is to move from that place.

            Otherwise try to live within the law as best you can in order to stay alive, out of jail etc.

            Most laws no matter how crazy do not affect the vast majority of people in day to day life. This is to say, if you live in Saudi Arabia and you find it impossible to stay celibate, not drink alcohol etc. then leave at once. If I were a woman that lived in countries like that I would never be alone with any man accept my husband for no reason but to save my own skin [no pun intended]. Then things like this would never be an issue.

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            • [Old Memory]
              12 years ago

              ok

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      • dappled
        12 years ago

        You've trapped me there, because I do support the work of Amnesty International. It's just personal prejudice by me not to like whole countries sticking their beak in, perhaps because of imperialistic guilt. It's a tricky point, devilla, and even trickier for me because of my nationality.

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        • [Old Memory]
          12 years ago

          yes i agree but i was just reading in the news about the iranian lawyer who is defending a woman they want to stone to death. he is just been imprisoned for 11 years for trying to publicise her case interantionally. he has been tortured, burnt 11 teeth knocked out. all legal! filthy business

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  • DiscoDuck
    12 years ago

    I vote that People who are not Iranian citizens should mind their own business.

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  • Agirlsbestfriend.
    10 years ago

    they should demolish the whole country...its a retarded place

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  • Caryopteris
    10 years ago

    I didn't think this was a political question where we were telling a country what to do if we voted. I thought this was just us saying what we thought this horrible man deserved for what he did to a woman he was infatuated with, but wasn't good enough for.

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  • disthing
    12 years ago

    "Vengeance is a lazy form of grief" (from The Interpreter)

    It's a really difficult one, quite literally an eye for an eye, although strangely in this case the woman actually lost both eyes, but wanted to burn only one of the man's eyes because, according to her, "a man is worth twice a woman".

    Honestly, if my sight was taken away like that, I'd happily return the favour. Whether or not revenge should be supported by law is another story, and one for individual countries to decide upon.

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  • zenji
    12 years ago

    Cultures are like children, at different stages of understanding and development. You can't give a kindergartner an adult's sentence. I think your question is an unintentional trick question, (In a good, thought provoking way) It requires an Anthropology course, and still, the best thing to do would be a matter of opinion, at best.

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  • ceceliuh
    12 years ago

    An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

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    • lufa
      12 years ago

      he destroyed her face, vision and her life.

      he deserves no less in return

      'an eye for an eye making the world blind' is a fallacy

      once the victim has exacted revenge on her attacker, the violence ends with them.

      when people commit crimes here, we take away their freedoms, lock them up with monsters, have their entire lives regimented and we say we're more civilized.

      we also have painful death penalties, even lethal injections can be extremely painful.

      while I don't believe punishment can be adequate retribution for crimes, they are still necessary.

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  • Anonymous Post Author
    12 years ago

    Was supposed to say 'the punishment was revoked' sorry.

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