Woman blinded by acid wants same fate for attacker

[AGDee]

Vigilante justice is a scary concept.

I worked for a family owned dry cleaners in high school. There were two brothers who lived together. One night, one of them woke up and heard someone "breaking in". He ran downstairs with his gun and shot the guy. He didn't have good aim, luckily, because he shot his brother in the leg as he was stumbling around the kitchen after a late night of drinking way too much.

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Vigilante justice is a scary concept.

I agree that it is; however, one must consider the fact this kind of "justice" is not uncommon in Iran and other Islamic countries. The Islamic law "eye for an eye" is merely an echo of Hammaribi's code and other similar Persian laws that governed this region over 2,000 years ago.

This is also a part of the world that encourages honor killings of female rape victims...

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

This is also a part of the world that encourages honor killings of female rape victims...

I've heard about that with Sunnis, but not the Iranian/Persian Shia.