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November 27, 2004
The compassionate and merciful . . .
When I created the "What ancient form of execution would you LEAST prefer?" test, my American naiveté was showing. Considering a news item I saw today, some of them really shouldn't be called "ancient." In Iran, they're scourging to death children as young as 14: 14-year-old boy ‘flogged to death’ by para-military police in western IranOdd that I didn't read about this in the Philadelphia Inquirer. They always keep me informed about U.S. atrocities at Guantanamo, including a recent case involving a woman running her fingers through a prisoner's hair. But flogging a 14 year old schoolboy to death with a metal cable for a food crime? Who cares? (You'd think they could have at least used a sjambok or something less lethal.) MORE: Here's Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi on the Iranian reaction to Michael Moore, and Fahrenheit 9/11: After 25 years of living in a virtual concentration camp, Iranians have become exceedingly socio-politically savvy. Moore’s anti-American propaganda did not attract anywhere near as many viewers as the Mullahs had hoped for. Tehran’s despots had hoped the film would challenge the Iranian people’s favourable notion of President Bush and promote John Kerry.Hmmm..... Moore's been awfully busy lately. I wonder if that's why he didn't have time to condemn the flogging to death of the fourteen year old boy. Or, the hanging of a 16 year old girl by a religious judge who personally put the rope around her neck? How about this 13 year old sentenced to be stoned to death? Is Moore too busy and "can’t get involved in these types of matters" because he can’t be sure who they are and what their agenda is? posted by Eric on 11.27.04 at 07:52 PM |
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