Monday, December 15, 2008
Justice?
This story, about an Iranian woman who was blinded when her stalker dumped a bucket of sulfuric acid on her head, is so terrible. Obviously, what he did to her was horrifying, horrifying enough that a liberal court ruled that five drops of the same acid be put in each of her attacker's eyes, but...five drops of acid! In each eye! It seems that he is at least somewhat unstable, given his behavior before the attack, and the fact that he can stand there and look at what he did to her and his comment is that he thinks she might be able to see, so they must clean out her eye sockets before they blind him. I am torn between thinking he deserves it, and thinking he needs psychiatric help and a prison sentence. Also, where does one procure sulfuric acid?
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We had sulfuric acid in the chemistry lab so there must be a manufacturer of such somewhere. I actually saw the original story some time ago and we talked about it in my women's health class. We all agreed the dude deserves some punishment. But we have to remember that we don't have the same views of justice or punishment, or women really, as they do. So this may seem OK to them whereas it wouldn't fly under the cruel and unusual guidelines of the Constitution.
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