I can think of some murderers in the US I wouldn't mind seeing this punishment used on.
Not as funny as the stoning scene in the Life of Brian.
So her punishment is slower and worse than his? She is more guilty than him?
Where's the ACLU?
This couple is accused of murder. The only problem with this though is how Iran defines murder. Did they actually kill someone or rip a page in the Quaran?
I've heard of "rock, paper scissors" but where does "rope" fit in?
Before they ban this practice, please, please, let them apply it to Saddam. Why is this b*st*rd still consuming air anyway? It's not like he might be innocent ya' know.
I postulate that if they stoned Saddam today, terrorist attacks by his loyalists would decline tomorrow. Think, if Hitler was alive and in prison after the fall of Berlin, how would his loyalists have behaved?
There seems to be a lot of wisecracking going on here over an atrocity which has no place at all in a civilized world. I'll grant you Iran hardly qualifies as civilized but this sort of thing is beyond horrible. Picture someone you know being buried up to the neck and killed in such a manner. But we all know Islam is a religion of compassion, right?
No Death Row? We need to help people ,not meddle in their affairs.
This is a "man bites dog" story in Iran, as most people sentenced to stoning there didn't actually commit any crime.
if you have never seen a video of an Iranian stoning you don't realize the barbarism of this kind of punishment. A woman is buried in the ground so that just her head and shoulders are above ground. Then they throw stones at her head until she dies. Imagine not being able to defend yourself with your hands and having stones thrown at your head until your skull cracks and you die.
These people are inhumane barbarians.
Heh, heh. ...good post!
I'm sure the Useless Nations will condemn this decions - not!