(October 13, 2015 at 11:19 am)Mr Greene Wrote: Meh, the guy knew it was illegal and did it anyway; if you're not willing to suffer the penalty, don't commit the crime.
This line of logic is faulty.
Do you blame the Jews for what happened in Nazi Germany? Would you have told them they knew it was a crime to be Jewish in Germany and that they should have known better than to stay there?
An injustice is an injustice. No matter what part of the world you live in.
This isn't a crime like murder. It's a crime that flat out should not be punishable by 360 lashes, let alone punished at all.