Where is the Outrage?
Why aren't the streets thronged with Muslim protesters burning the Iranian flag in outrage over this one?
An Iranian court has just sentenced an 18-year-old girl to death by hanging. What crime could merit such punishment? At the time of the incident that brought her to court, then 17-year-old Nazanin and her 16-year-old niece were walking in a park with their boyfriends when three men decided it was time for a little fun. They attacked the girls, and the incredibly brave boyfriends promptly fled, leaving their sweethearts undefended. The three men were intent on raping the girls. When the rapists pursued their goal, Nazanin stabbed her attacker in the hand, buying the girls just enough time for them to try running. The men were immediately on them again and this time, the victim stabbed her assailant in the chest. He, at least, had the decency to die in the hospital because of the wound she inflicted. She was brought to trial.
Back to my question - what crime did she commit? In most countries, when someone kills a rat, no-one pays any attention. The death of vermin is not generally considered to be that noteworthy. In Iran, however, when a rapist is brought up short of his satisfaction, apparently some woman must pay the piper. This is a situation so totally wrong, it beggars description. What words could you use to delineate such mind-numbing moral turpitude?
That is why I am wondering about the absence of the protesters and their righteous indignation. Why isn't there an angry mob outside the court where the sentence was passed? Why aren't there men burning the Iranian flag and tearing their beards in paroxysms of wrath at the injustice? Why aren't the other two attackers being led away in chains to their public hanging?
If the scene were being played out as rectitude would have it, pictures of the offed perp would be given to the mob to spit and stamp on. Nazanin herself would be taken to the hanging site of the other two, and given the pleasure of pulling the trapdoor lever, which she would do to the accompanying cheers of the righteous assembled there to watch justice being served.
An Iranian court has just sentenced an 18-year-old girl to death by hanging. What crime could merit such punishment? At the time of the incident that brought her to court, then 17-year-old Nazanin and her 16-year-old niece were walking in a park with their boyfriends when three men decided it was time for a little fun. They attacked the girls, and the incredibly brave boyfriends promptly fled, leaving their sweethearts undefended. The three men were intent on raping the girls. When the rapists pursued their goal, Nazanin stabbed her attacker in the hand, buying the girls just enough time for them to try running. The men were immediately on them again and this time, the victim stabbed her assailant in the chest. He, at least, had the decency to die in the hospital because of the wound she inflicted. She was brought to trial.
Back to my question - what crime did she commit? In most countries, when someone kills a rat, no-one pays any attention. The death of vermin is not generally considered to be that noteworthy. In Iran, however, when a rapist is brought up short of his satisfaction, apparently some woman must pay the piper. This is a situation so totally wrong, it beggars description. What words could you use to delineate such mind-numbing moral turpitude?
That is why I am wondering about the absence of the protesters and their righteous indignation. Why isn't there an angry mob outside the court where the sentence was passed? Why aren't there men burning the Iranian flag and tearing their beards in paroxysms of wrath at the injustice? Why aren't the other two attackers being led away in chains to their public hanging?
If the scene were being played out as rectitude would have it, pictures of the offed perp would be given to the mob to spit and stamp on. Nazanin herself would be taken to the hanging site of the other two, and given the pleasure of pulling the trapdoor lever, which she would do to the accompanying cheers of the righteous assembled there to watch justice being served.
3 Comments:
I'm not an Iranian man, so I can't answer the question. I can make a few guesses that would probably be accurate, but I'll refrain. I don't think you want to hear the answer an Iranian man may gave anyway.
This is why America is on the Freedom March. It is not all about WMD. It is about Freedoms and the lack there of.
I'll tell you where they are: having violent protests when boycotts will do. I disagree with the cartoons but I think the protests are stupid. I commented on Andy's blog that they are much ado about nothing and they are. My concern is the blatant Islam bashing that has become ok and quite politically correct.
Iran is a joke. All across the board. It is the most corrupt theocracy there is. Their laws are male based. They take some form of Sharia and twist it into a law that works for the man. They have no interest in freedom or democracy nor will they as long as the Mullah's are in charge.
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