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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Did you see the piece this week about the man in Iran who threw acid in the face of a woman, who wouldn't accept his marriage proposal, blinding her? His punishment is to have acid thrown into his face.
I have to say for such a wilfully spiteful crime the punishment feels just.
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:10, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
He should go to prison for a long time, he's clearly a fuck up. But the actual punishment was for him to be strapped down while his victim drips the acid directly into his eyes. Which is typically barbaric of the Iranians. And yes, I'm dismissing an entire country as being barbaric. So are the Saudis.
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:13, Reply)
burned, fire or acid, and the stories behind their disfigurement. It was heartbreaking, one girl's father poured acid all over her when she was 5 to punish his wife for being in public with another man.
She had to spend her life in pain, blind, disfigured, as an outcast and emotionally ruined because the person in her life, who was supposed to protect her, no matter what, committed a horrific crime against her.
I can't say that prison feels like a strong enough punishment.
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:17, Reply)
If anyone hurt my kids I'd kick the fuck out of them until my feet broke. Then I'd punch them
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:18, Reply)
I never had any real inclining for wanting kids now and i never understood, how people loved something that wasn't yet born and why miscarriages are so emotionally destructive. Now however my attitude has completely changed, i don't think you can properly understand until you go through it, i certainly know I couldn't.
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:21, Reply)
I've never experienced such genuinely strong emotions ever - it's way beyond being in love with someone.
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:22, Reply)
I wasn't prepared for the shift in attitude my brain got as soon as she slithered into the world.
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:37, Reply)
But the point is, as a society, I don't feel it's ever acceptable for the state to sanction any kind of capital punisment, be it public beatings, chopping off of hands, or the death penalty.
And I'm sure if I were in the position of being the relative of a victim I would be furious, but I would like to think that I could look at the bigger picture.
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:22, Reply)
corporal punishment makes more sense though, a quick whipping or 6 months in jail? Saves time and money and jail cells.
The acid thing particularly irks me, because it is so hateful.
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:24, Reply)
if you also argue it's not okay to kill them. You either justify to yourself that all forms of corporal and capital punishment is acceptable, in which case you would find it very difficult not to justify the use of torture, or you argue that none of it is okay.
The big question is do you view our justice system as a way to punish people who do things wrong, or as a way to try and rehabilitate them to prevent them doing the wrong things again? Obviously there are always cases on the margins that make people scream and get the tabloids frothing, but that's why courts are supposed to be dispassionate. Hard cases do not make good laws.
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:28, Reply)
i think half of a person sentance should be punishment and the second half rhabilitaion and providing a proper exit stragetgy into the community
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:42, Reply)
I'm going to click this, in fact
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:33, Reply)
I see both sides of the argument but I don't think you can ever justify beating people.
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:29, Reply)
..... think how many old-folks' homes or schools you could build for all the thousands of pounds a week it costs to keep a prisoner......... it's only a few quid for a syringe.....
*opens popcorn*
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:48, Reply)
that I've taught myself to be able to masturbate with my left hand as well
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:31, Reply)
Must be horrible when one of your trollees stands up to you
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:41, Reply)
You?
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:53, Reply)
How's it going with the missus?
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:01, Reply)
I think the whole thing is sickening on each and every level, from the guy who first did the crime, to the goverment who are letting her act out her natural revenge.
It's a scary planet on so many levels.
(, Wed 18 May 2011, 10:44, Reply)
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