RE: 360 Lashes in Saudi for OAP
October 22, 2015 at 9:09 am
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2015 at 9:10 am by Mr Greene.)
(October 13, 2015 at 1:20 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote:The verdict seems solid.(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.
Yes it may be an injustice in our estimation but it isn't our country.
If the bottle had been planted by the cops (which isn't unheard of) he might have a case beyond that this is just so much whining.
Cultral relativism belongs in the bin. How is giving a guy in his 70s 360 lashes both just and fair in any sense of those words?
What this is is exactly as min said, a double standard whereby foreigners in Saudi are convicted with overly harsh sentences for minor transgressions which are routinely committed by Saudis. Forget carrying a bottle of wine, what about countless murders and rapes committed against de facto slave labour by Saudis both home and abroad?
It's utter nonsense and needs to be confronted.
There is a case to commute the sentence and protest the barbarity of it (as with all forms of capital and corporal punishment) but the guy knew full well what he was risking the moment he picked up the bottle.
Trying to claim he didn't commit a crime is inane.
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