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08-23-2007, 04:50 AM | #1 |
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Disgusting
Flogging in Iran. The young man of 25 years purportedly drank alcohol and had sex outside of marriage. For that he received 80 lashes in public.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770 |
08-23-2007, 04:53 AM | #2 |
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if you ever find that, in the name of your religion, you must wear black masks, you have probably lost your way.
this is who we face in Iran. mindful has not been to convince me otherwise. |
08-23-2007, 07:02 AM | #3 |
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08-23-2007, 04:59 PM | #4 |
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Well, I'm sure that the guys in black masks don't enjoy punishing others. Just doing their duty...
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08-23-2007, 05:04 PM | #5 |
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08-23-2007, 05:20 PM | #6 |
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As disgusting as that is, there is obviously no reason to intervene in the workings of a sovereign nation like Iran.
Let's all just move along, nothing to see here. |
08-23-2007, 05:26 PM | #7 |
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As much as the subject matter of this photo bugs me, I have to admit the timing bugs me just about as much.
There have been human rights violations in Iran for as long as any of us can remember. It is only when the nation is starting to build up a case for hating Iran that we start seeing the media snapping and publishing pics. One guy gets the hell beat out of him in Iran... Do we care how many people had the same thing happen to them in China? Or do we care how many people are starving in other places where we might be able to go in and help without starting a war? |
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08-23-2007, 05:35 PM | #9 | |
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What bothers me is the fact that this is news not because of what happened but the fact that it happened in a country we're gearing up to hate. Whether we "Bomb, bomb, bomb... bomb, bomb Iran" (think Beach Boys and that one is good) or not is another matter... I'm just sick of the way the media covers "news." |
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08-23-2007, 05:39 PM | #10 | |
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I agree, we probably don't care enough to act when brutality happens in other countries unless that psychology of brutality could be visited upon us later. Seeing those men only frightens me if those same men with masks on sit next to a button that can send off a nuke. |
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