The Lost Innocence
They call them rapists, murderers, drug dealers...call them whatever...what is happening in Iran? In a matter of few weeks, I heard a lot of news and saw many photos and videos about public executions in various parts of the country. No comments about things they did and whether these fellows deserved to be executed or not. Some people say execution is not fair at all, some say the opposite...and Iranian justice system says eye for the eye...let's say we agree to this point but why killing someone in front of others? why?
Public execution is the most bitter thing that can happen in a society and sadly, I saw a little kid in one of the pictures in the scene of an execution. What is the price of her innocence? it is indeed easy to destroy things but no one will leave the scene of the execution thinking about things he/she learned for life...they may cut a bad tree in hope of a better plant to rise from the same land but by poisoning the soil, only death grows...:(
We certainly do not want executions in any country to be secret and private, but open public executions in Iran, or in any other country, are sadistic. Invited reputable members of the public, such as from several separate news organizations, is perhaps the middle ground to take, on assembling public witnesses to an execution. The press can then report on the execution and the crimes committed, without including pictures for a purient public.
Posted by: a Duoist | August 05, 2007 at 11:30 AM
There is a good comment on this topic in The Iranian today:
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Posted by: Don Cox | August 05, 2007 at 02:33 PM
It's like they totally lost their control and just falling off the steep slope fast. How dare someone can easily give the most precious possions of poeple,life,?.. killing a kid for what, doing adultry?... where are they going? how long they can proceed? :( :( :( :( :(
Posted by: Hiva | August 06, 2007 at 03:06 AM
They can proceed for a long time. Public hangings in Britain ended only in 1868, after being routine for centuries. Link
The question is whether the Iranian theocracy is 200 years behind the times or 800.
What is sad is seeing Venezuela heading steadily down the path to a brutal dictatorship.
Posted by: Don Cox | August 06, 2007 at 12:26 PM