(Nod to Kirk Bolam for the find)
I have mixed feelings about this one.
The summery is this…
Iranian girl has a stalker,
stalker goes crazy and throws acid in her face,
Iranian girl is now blind,
under Muslim law she pushes for the ‘ol “eye for an eye”,
Stalker is sentenced to be blinded with acid,
Human rights activist protest.
Although this seems cruel it also appears it would go a long way in deterring violent crimes which would benefit society as a whole. The revolving door of the criminal system would certainly decrease if we maimed people for major offenses.
On the other hand, if something like this was accepted does it push the envelope past us being a barbaric society? Were and at what point do we stop? What about innocent people wrongfully convicted, who would be accountable if we blinded someone by mistake?
Not to mention who pays the future medical bills for a now disabled person?
One cannot argue that this idiot deserves to be blinded. This “criminal sentence” was forced on his victim without the courtesy of this debate, which makes these tough questions.
Would this be something you would condone in the United States?
(c) David Cole
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