tempco said:
what do you mean by "hostile country"? i mean, bush seems to agree that the majority of countries in the middle east are potential hostiles.
as for homosexuality being a crime punishable by death, they also consider adultery punishable by death. i'm guessing you don't agree with that either?
and yes, the government is a joke.
hostile country...hmmm a hard one for me to define. it is hostile in that it is a corrupt, non-democratic government. i didnt really like how they celebrated their sporting heroes acheivements simply because they refused to compete against jews... made me feel a bit disgusted.
i suppose i mean that they have a "young" way of thinking. They are more prone to war, to hostilities. I would call America a more mature country in their attitudes to war[ i can see myself getting flamed for this one, but i stand by my claim], and why the go to war. Iranian attitudes seem to be more aggressive, more like they are out to prove themselves...hence the analogy of being young, like a young male trying to show the world how hard he is. America has allready proven themselves, everyone knows they are tough so they go to war less easily and when they do its for different reasons.
Iran's youth becomes scary when we talk about nuclear weopons... America is more trusted as they realise what would happen if they used nuclear weopons-- hence the MADD project. Iran is more likely to use them-- regardless of the consequences which would be retaliations and the possible destruction of the world if everyone else started firing everywhere in retaliation.
If/When Iran's suspected nucelar weopons become more public, given Americas current leader and his attitudes to war... i can see us facing a messy little conflict.
As for Iran's legal system, i can empathise with them, but i do not on any grounds agree with them. I can see why they would want to execute homosexuals- because some people are afraid of them. i can see why they would want to execute cheating wives-- a deterent, who wants their wife cheating on them?
but i do not agree with them. In fact iam disgusted by their attitudes. Homosexuals should not be feared or hated, they should be punished for being who they are. Adultry is not as bad as some peopel think it is. When you can uinderstand their motives, you can understand why they cheat.
I will assume you know details about Iran's government so i wont go into detail
as a comment on this thread in general, iam shocked in 2 ways
firstly that some people seem to think that this execution was allright
secondly, the open-mindedness of many people who reply here... after reading the first post i expected people to simply damn the Iranians or to cheer them on. I did expect a real discussion to form