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eye for an eye

stonemuse
stonemuse Posts: 34,217
edited April 2013 in Not Sports Related
Fair retribution?

The UK has urged Saudi Arabia not to carry out a reported sentencing of paralysis for a Saudi man as punishment for paralysing another man.

A Foreign Office spokesperson said London was "deeply concerned" by the sentence, describing it as "grotesque".

Such punishment was "prohibited under international law", the official added.

Saudi media reports earlier said the 24-year-old man could be paralysed from the waist down if he could not pay his victim £250,000 in compensation.

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  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,467
    It would certainly discourage me from committing a crime over there!
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Unspeakable. The only reason we have anything to do with this appaling regime, once again, is dirty old o*l.
  • MeebaumAzanitch
    MeebaumAzanitch Posts: 605
    What sentence would Mick Philpot have got out there?
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    MeebaumAzanitch said:

    What sentence would Mick Philpot have got out there?

    Depends how close to the royal family he was.
  • MattD
    MattD Posts: 1,530
    Well, shouldnt have a paralyzed the other man should he. Lesson learnt.
  • Hornchurch
    Hornchurch Posts: 902
    If it turns out that they got the wrong man, will they be able to reverse it?

    If not, will they then paralyse the guys who dished out this punishment?

    Where will it all end?
  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    Wheely bad punishment.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,740
    stonewallpenalty said:

    Wheely bad punishment.

    Lame joke
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,595
    edited April 2013
    The bloke was actually a 14 year old kid at the time and was fighting with his mate and stabbed him. Still no justification but does change things from if it was just a random attack or by a supposed grown up .

    And I can never agree with a supposed Justice which is effected by wealth. Either everyone should be paralysed as a punishment or no-one should.
  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    DaveMehmet said:

    stonewallpenalty said:

    Wheely bad punishment.

    Lame joke
    cheer up 8-D

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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,740
    Whoosh!
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Why are we sticking our noses in? We have enough problems and issues here at home in the UK why get involved.
  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    eaststandmike said:

    Why are we sticking our noses in? We have enough problems and issues here at home in the UK why get involved.

    Because we're british?
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,326
    Again the Saudi's are showing how barbaric they are. Yet we cosy up to them and turn a blind eye simply because, as someone has said, they are rich in oil. If they didn't have a pot to piss in our attitude would be entirely different. Don't forget, the majority of 9/11 plotters were Saudi nationals. So what happened? Our leaders decided to invade Iraq!
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,194
    Appalling
  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    We invaded Afghanistan as thats where the Al quaeda training camps were.

    Iraq was a totally different war.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,481
    an eye for an eye will mean we are all eventually blind .. who said that ?? .. mind you I would like to see Philpott et al burnt at the stake
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2966790.stm
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,326
    Imo Iraq wasn't a war, it was an illegal invasion. My point being though, how come the Bush jr regime didn't invade Saudi Arabia when it became obvious that the Al Queda threat came from within it's borders and from it's citizens? We all know the answer to that.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,481
    AddickUpNorth said:

    Imo Iraq wasn't a war, it was an illegal invasion. My point being though, how come the Bush jr regime didn't invade Saudi Arabia when it became obvious that the Al Queda threat came from within it's borders and from it's citizens? We all know the answer to that.

    Oil & Mecca (not the bingo halls) .. EVERY muslim worldwide would be on a fatwah if the infidel invaded the holy city

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  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    Saudi government doesn't deal with terrorists. Bin laden himself was exiled.

    9/11 had nothing to do with saudi arabia the state.

    personally i believe iraq would have been invaded anyway. You're right it was totally illeagel with made up bullshit for an excuse to invade.
  • mascot88
    mascot88 Posts: 9,760
    World Trade Centre 7
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,818
    stonewallpenalty said:

    Saudi government doesn't deal with terrorists. Bin laden himself was exiled.

    9/11 had nothing to do with saudi arabia the state.

    personally i believe iraq would have been invaded anyway. You're right it was totally illeagel with made up bullshit for an excuse to invade.

    The Saudi government are one of the biggest funders of terrorists on the planet.

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