Saudi man sentenced to be paralysed from the waist down in 'eye for an eye' punishment
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22010122[/url]
[quote]The reported sentencing of paralysis for a Saudi man as punishment for paralysing another man has been described as "outrageous" by a leading human rights group.
Saudi reports say the 24-year-old man could be paralysed from the waist down if he cannot pay his victim one million riyals (£250,000) in compensation.
The man has been in prison for 10 years since he stabbed a friend in the back.
Saudi newspapers say Ali al-Khawahir was 14 when he paralysed his friend in the attack in the Eastern Province town of al-Ahsa.
The law of qisas, or retribution, in Saudi Arabia means his victim can demand that he suffers exactly the same punishment as he caused.[/quote]
Why the hell did he stab his [b]friend[/b] in the back?
Fucking barbarians.
Wow that must be horrible to know that you will never walk again if you cant pay £250,000. I suppose its only his own fault.
[QUOTE=Kwigg;40158907]Why the hell did he stab his [b]friend[/b] in the back?[/QUOTE]
Maybe he accidentally used a real knife instead of those fake knives during a hilarious practical joke gone wrong.
[img_thumb]http://www.soimmature.com/images/knife.gif[/img_thumb]
....or they just got into a fight.
-snippity
So ten years in prison isn't enough for a crime committed when he was nothing but a child? Why punish him even more now?
How exactly are they going to accurately paralyze him from the waste down?
The Spine, just cut it below the shoulders.
Lol are we in the BC era
I mean, this is one of those cases where, did he mean to do it? Will punishing someone like that teach them a lesson to not do something they didn't intend to do?
Or is this revenge?
[QUOTE=Brt5470;40159167]I mean, this is one of those cases where, did he mean to do it? Will punishing someone like that teach them a lesson to not do something they didn't intend to do?
Or is this revenge?[/QUOTE]
Did you not read? An eye for an eye.
and yet some people here still advocate much, much worse punishments. guess it looks better when an edgy teenager is doing it instead of the government
[QUOTE=Cone;40159256]and yet some people here still advocate much, much worse punishments. guess it looks better when an edgy teenager is doing it instead of the government[/QUOTE]
That depends on how you look at it. Executing a mass murderer is a "worse" punishment than paralysing someone, but I'm assuming a mass murderer deserves it more than some guy who stabbed a person ten years ago when he was 14. The article doesn't even make it clear why he stabbed the other dude.
Lol what a bunch of uncivilized barbarian idiots
[QUOTE=Persecution;40158928]Fucking barbarians.[/QUOTE]
I know, its a good thing we go over there and bomb some of their civilians so these barbarians dont breed.
[QUOTE=deltasquid;40159521]That depends on how you look at it. Executing a mass murderer is a "worse" punishment than paralysing someone, but I'm assuming a mass murderer deserves it more than some guy who stabbed a person ten years ago when he was 14. The article doesn't even make it clear why he stabbed the other dude.[/QUOTE]
i'm not even talking about just killing criminals, there's dudes on here who practically write poems about what they would like to do to murderers, rapists, etc. it's really quite creepy, yet they never seem to realize the parallels between themselves and the Saudi government here
[QUOTE=tr00per7;40159713]I know, its a good thing we go over there and bomb some of their civilians so these barbarians dont breed.[/QUOTE]
Uh when did that happen?
[QUOTE=soad_jonas;40159013]So ten years in prison isn't enough for a crime committed when he was nothing but a child? Why punish him even more now?
How exactly are they going to accurately paralyze him from the waste down?[/QUOTE]
I dont think they really care about that.
Not supporting this is not supporting an American ally, which is not supporting America.
I support this because I'm a patriot, Murica!
.. Canadian.
How are we allies with these barbarians?
Right, the oil.
what in the name of christ
[QUOTE=SpaceGhost;40159834]Uh when did that happen?[/QUOTE]
Man I guess all those drone attacks in afghanistan, bombing raids on palastine and entire iraq war was for nothing, didnt contain the ugly muslim arab barbarians. tsk tsk tsk.
Ok, perhaps this aint exactly the best way to deal with criminals, even life imprisonment or execution looks better than this but hell, what can you do, I don't live there and cant really argue against it.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;40159167]I mean, this is one of those cases where, did he mean to do it? Will punishing someone like that teach them a lesson to not do something they didn't intend to do?
Or is this revenge?[/QUOTE]
In Saudi Arabia, stealing a stick of gum gets your hand chopped off, sometimes with a cleaver or axe.
They're barbaric, all right. And I lived there for six years.
[QUOTE=archangel125;40160289]In Saudi Arabia, stealing a stick of gum gets your hand chopped off, sometimes with a cleaver or axe.
They're barbarians, all right. And I lived there for six years.[/QUOTE]
Not saying the punishment isn't ridiculous, but how about not stealing, stabbing, or causing harm on other people?
[QUOTE=deltasquid;40159521]That depends on how you look at it. Executing a mass murderer is a "worse" punishment than paralysing someone, but I'm assuming a mass murderer deserves it more than some guy who stabbed a person ten years ago when he was 14. The article doesn't even make it clear why he stabbed the other dude.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't say its worse, this one he is forced to live with the punishment every day for the rest of his most likely long life, execution ends a life, no real suffering,no real punishment, just makes the victims/reletives of victims feel better because they get their revenge/
Both are equally barbaric, just that this one is far, far worse
[QUOTE=archangel125;40160289]
They're barbarians, all right. And I lived there for six years.[/QUOTE]
And people yelled at Canada for it's ethical oil campaign when marketing Albertan oil.
[QUOTE=Aetna;40160461]Not saying the punishment isn't ridiculous, but how about not stealing, stabbing, or causing harm on other people?[/QUOTE]
Social and economic conditions are responsible for crime. 'Good' and 'Evil' people are myths.
[QUOTE=Aetna;40160461]Not saying the punishment isn't ridiculous, but how about not stealing, stabbing, or causing harm on other people?[/QUOTE]
well yea if everyone followed that logic we would live in a perfect world.
[editline]4th April 2013[/editline]
people are imperfect and do bad things for various reasons sometimes.
[QUOTE=archangel125;40160635]Social and economic conditions are responsible for crime. 'Good' and 'Evil' people are myths.[/QUOTE]
Well to a point, going to invoke godwins law here and say hitler could be considered evil, as he used the jews as a way to rally the people behind him in order to be placed into power when he could have done the same by other means because, well face it, the man knew how to get people to support him.
Also there are the 3 Kims, everything done by that family is done to maintain their grip on power.
And Pol Pot with the Khmer Rouge
Not saying you're wrong, as what you say definitely applies to almost every other situation, take the Sandy Hook thing, with proper psychiatric care I doubt that would have happened. Just that it doesn't apply when the crime is done to take/hold onto power.
tl/dr: You're right unless it comes to genocide/ethnic cleansing, then that is evil in every sense of the word
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;40160062]How are we allies with these barbarians?
Right, the oil.[/QUOTE]
America does this exact same thing, just only with lives
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