[HeartsOfFire]

Originally Posted by T@T

Other than the shear numbers I fail to see this any differently than other crimes against humanity. It's barbaric, stupid and plain wrong. No religion should ever have to power to make it law to kill a human being for being "horny" even if guilty, which in this case isn't exactly true reality.

I agree.

To emphasize the shear scope of this barbarism just look at who throws the stones! these are supposed to be "normal" citizens. A dump truck shows up and drops off a big pile of nice potato sized stones and these idiots line up to get them. To me they are far from normal and certainly not civilized. This act is pure MURDER...nothing less.

Despite the large number of individuals that will be throwing stones, I assure you that the number of people that will not be throwing stones is significantly higher. Probably out of apathy, probably out of inconvenience, probably because they're not barbaric as those that will be throwing stones. I will openly condemn the regime that runs Iran, but I would not condemn every one of her citizens the same way. There are jerks and saints in every culture. It's unfair to generalize the group over the actions of a small few.

Furthermore, given Iran's great efforts to prohibit Western cultural invasion, I would imagine that forms of entertainment in Iran are not nearly as plentiful as the options at our fingertips. Dare I say, such a public punishment is just as much entertainment as it is their ill conceived concept of justice. The other side to that coin is that because their efforts to prevent Western cultural invasion are largely successful, many citizens may not be aware that there are other cultural codes of law outside of their own. In their eyes, by stoning this woman, they are doing what they believe to be Allah's work.

Now we know in Canada, such a tactic would never fly. We have levels of authority whose sole purpose is to enforce the code of Laws we Canadians enjoy, such levels of authority one citizen can go to and report other citizens when they break said code. But on the world stage, there is no such court. Each sovereign nation has their own respective supreme authority, an authority that bows to no one. Iran is a sovereign nation, and they do not bow to Canada or the Crown, just as we do not bow to them, thus in my opinion, we can condemn their cultural practices til our throats are sore, but we do not have the right to interefere.

Our civilizations were once just as barbaric as Iran is today. Through cultural reform and revolution within our own nation, we were able to rise to the level of sophistication we are at today. Culture cannot be force-fed to other civilizations. It has to develop and grow from within through the exchange of knowlede and ideas.

Something that will be very difficult to do in Iran, given the only voices they want to listen to are the ones that speak like they do.

Acts like this just prove my point that God is imaginary and religion should be banned from the face of the earth for stupidity reasons alone.

I wish nothing but the best for Iran and other countrys with these ######ed views...a quick and painless nuke will do the trick. ...at least it would be civilized.

Religion is not inherantly bad, T@T. I myself am not a religious man, although I was born and raised Lutheran. There are many religious people that do great things and perform selfless acts of charity. Though I can certainly sympathize with your statement, especially given that some of the worst crimes in history were done in the name of religion. It's a double edged sword. I think your anger is clouding your judgment. I do not believe you would truly condone nuclear genocide as a just act in response to the questionable conviction of a likely innocent woman charged with adultery.