Rasczak
Outstanding Member
Interesting moral dilemma being reported by BBC Radio 4 - an Iranian man, having been convicted for assaulting a women and blinded her by throwing acid in her face, is today himself scheduled to be blinded by a court ordered process. In a penal hospital a doctor will syringe acid into his eyes until he has been permamently blinded.
So what do you think? Barbaric of course - but is it a deterrent to others? Is it Justice? Should victims dictate sentences (as has happened here)? Is this blinding a worse crime than the one he did?
My view is that, whilst I am all for tough sentences against those convicted, deliberate physical injury can never, ever be justified. If this sentence is carried out Iran really will have put itself amongst the damned. IMHO of course!
So what do you think? Barbaric of course - but is it a deterrent to others? Is it Justice? Should victims dictate sentences (as has happened here)? Is this blinding a worse crime than the one he did?
My view is that, whilst I am all for tough sentences against those convicted, deliberate physical injury can never, ever be justified. If this sentence is carried out Iran really will have put itself amongst the damned. IMHO of course!
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