Iran To Administer Barbaric Punishment

[mrs_overall]

Is this justified?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iranian-court-rules-man-who-blinded-girl-in-acid-attack-must-have-his-eyes-gouged-out-and-nose-cut-off-9171190.html

[joggerjayne]

I'm just looking through today's Guardian to see if any of their wet leftie journos think that the punishment was not justified.

I think the feeling is ...

Once they've amputated his nose, roll up this copy of The Guardian, and smack him in the face with it.

Or, even better, use the Saturday edition, because it's heavier.

[vulcan42]

To prevent future misunderstanding perhaps we could put this at the end of an ironic post (Fe:26). :o)

[shoota]

Or 'fe99'

[vulcan42]

shoota, yours might be better, I've just realised mine might confuse goodlife.
Apologies to mrs _o for digressing.

[Peaspeculiars]

In my opinion no. What the man did was horrendous, nobody can say the pain and distress caused by his in-human actions.
However, I can't fathom the reasoning behind the mutilation sanctioned as punishment.
What will it realistically achieve? If the eye for an eye retributions are prevalent and well known to the population already - it is obviously not effective as a deterrent to such crimes. Will the woman and family feel better for it? who can say. But for a human to do this to another human as 'payback/punishment' - does that make it ok? No, of course not.

[shoota]

Mrs O invented digression....

[ludwig]

Is it justified in theory? - Yes.

Should it happen in reality? - No.

[kloofnek]

While what this man did is horrendous but I cannot the punishment to be meted out...oh,lots of you will respond to this,but these Islamic countries are living a thousand years behind...by all means make him pay...surely there is a more humane of doing it.We have this kind of thing happening here in the UK but we would never give out such punishment...makes me feel sick!!!

[mikey4444]

A barbaric punishment in a country governed by ignorant, uneducated and religious zealots....can't be much surprise here surely ?

[mikey4444]

fender62...the message it sends is that Iran is a backward, uneducated society, ruled over by religious zealots.

[Kromovaracun]

"We say the bastard here should be given a certain punishment but when we hear it going on in other countries some people despair"

Yes, I thought that too. People on this thread are reasoning through their arguments much more than people were on the Lee Rigby thread.

[anotheoldgit]

It's amazing reading the support for barbaric mutilation which seems fine to some, yet mention clipping a misbehaving child around the head, a return of corporal punishment in schools or the bringing back of humane capital punishment, and these same people's arms go up in horror.

[andy-hughes]

AOG - "It's amazing reading the support for barbaric mutilation which seems fine to some, yet mention clipping a misbehaving child around the head, a return of corporal punishment in schools or the bringing back of humane capital punishment, and these same people's arms go up in horror."

To an extent, I believe that such support comes from the perecived notion that some Islamic nations live in biblical societies, so biblical punishments are appropriate.

Add to that the sheer distance between their culture and ours - geographically and culturally, and it's amost as if this would be happening 'somewhere else' and is not actually real.

That would chime with your point about the strong reaction to the use of corporal punishment or the notion of capital punishment - if something like that happens 'here', then we have to give it far greater consideration.

[joggerjayne]

It's hard to keep your personal feelings out of arguments like this.

Lee Rigby was one of ours, on our patch, and we want everyone to see that you can't get away with it.

And whatever you feel about the rights or wrongs of the Iranian scenario ... if someone threw acid in the face of one of my friends, and blinded them, I would be willing to cut their eyes out myself.

[keyplus90]

////I could pull the lever on someone who hurt one of my kids but not for anyone else's I don't think.///

Rockyracoon - If it is your job then that is what you have to do otherwise you should not be there. If every lawman would start thinking as you mentioned above then it would just be a matter of time when he/she will have to do to someone who hurt their own kid.

I do hope they bring in these kinds of punishments in my own birth country, Pakistan.

[keyplus90]

////I also don't agree with it. I agree that the guy deserves it but I don't think that any civilised community should be carrying out this barbaric act.///

Can anyone see three contradicting statements here?