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I have just read an interview the victim gave to a Spanish newspaper where she states she is annoyed at organizations like Amnesty International and the British Government for intervening in matters they dont understand.
She states “Across parts of the Middle East and South Asia, acid-throwing attacks on women are appallingly commonplace, usually as a form of revenge for the spurning of sexual advances, or marriage proposals”
Her main reason for pressing for an eye for an eye punishment was to set a precedent. “My intention is to ask for the application of the law not just for revenge but also so that no other woman will have to go through this. It will set an example.”
Maybe she has a point and we should keep our noses out of other peoples cultures?
@mrs_teapot wrote:
Maybe she has a point and we should keep our noses out of other peoples cultures?
The world is too small for that, especially now. We belong to international communities that claim to reflect certain values. Iran still remains a trading partner for certain goods and we would want our people there to be safe to do business or to live if they so wish.
We also have a right to our opinion and are free to state it from our own cultural viewpoint. It remains the right of the sovereign state to decide what its laws will be. But lawmaking bodies will take international practices and opinions into account.
So our legitimate contribution is to spur them to at least consider factors such as safeguards for the innocent and boundaries to prevent state justice from spilling over into personal vendettas.
Hard cases make bad law. Any legislative body needs to consider whether the particular needs of one person can meet the needs of an entire nation. It is at points in time like this, when a nation’s culture is about to change that alternative opinions can temper or even change the course of history.
You should go into politics Mr Wordsworth (thats if you’re not already) I for one would vote for you :D
Bless you Mrs T, if only I’d known I had a future in politics, I have behaved better!
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I understand what you are saying Words but would you still feel the same if it was one of your children??
Would you be happy for the person who raped, killed,or maimed your child to live the rest of his/her life in luxury in our so called justice system?
Such a difficult subject to be really objective. I think you naturally believe what you were brought up to. Like words touched on….lots of situations dealt in ways that most of us in the western world think are awful, but, the people who believe in them, don’t.
@Wordsworth50 wrote:
If it had been my daughter I would not want to stop at disfigurement.
Taffyfish, what I meant when I said that was that if it was my daughter I would have wanted to kill him slowly, painfully and savagely, not just injure him. Does that answer your question? It might be worth reading the rest of my comments on the subject.
No prison would be harsh enough for anyone who hurt someone I care for. But my personal vengeance would help put society into a dark age as the associates of the avengee would want their revenge on me and on and on and on. And believe me, if it did happen, pray you were not nearby because I would be even less concerned about collateral damage than Tony Blair.
So please don’t try to dismiss my comments by suggesting that I would be happy to see the killer of my kid in any kind of ‘luxury’. It does you no favours and is insulting.
If everyone believed in an Eye for an Eye… the world would be blind.
Not sure who said this its a quote in my diary.
@mrs_teapot wrote:
If everyone believed in an Eye for an Eye… the world would be blind.
Not sure who said this its a quote in my diary.
If anyone’s interested in theological points, the original use of “an eye for an eye” referred to damage to babies in the womb. With all we are supposed to worry about today about drinking, smoking, environmental factors like fumes and x-rays, that would have some scary implications if taken to the nth degree.
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