Woman blinded by acid wants same fate for attacker
roger-roger @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:35 am
Weren't they floated down on a barge or something, its been years since I have seen the movie Ghandi.
romanP @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:46 am
And the usual characters fail to grasp the point... 
DrJones @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:49 am
Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:
DrJones DrJones:
An eye for an eye leaves us all blind.
While I am very sympathetic to this woman, I cannot even begin to fathom how any civilized country could even consider mutilating people as a form of state sanctioned punishment. Surely we are better than that.
While I am very sympathetic to this woman, I cannot even begin to fathom how any civilized country could even consider mutilating people as a form of state sanctioned punishment. Surely we are better than that.
We are. They aren't.
Take a look at the heading which states Terhan Iran, which marginalizes your statement about a "civilized country".
If this woman is lucky, she won't be flogged before a public stoning for bringing charges against this man.
Yeah I know... I guess what I'm saying is this is something of a test of how civilized a nation is. I keep hoping Pakistan etc will rise to the challenge. Sadly more often than not they don't.
Axeman @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:50 am
romanP romanP:
And the usual characters fail to grasp the point...
They got it and so did I. You quoted a nice line from the movie, but it's a proverb that was around long before Gandhi (if he ever even said it all) or Richard Attenborough or John Briley or Ben Kingsley. No slight on Gandhi...a great character in history and a great film.
ShepherdsDog @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:58 am
romanP romanP:
And the usual characters fail to grasp the point...
I've seen spheres with sharper points than you.
roger-roger @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:59 am
I think the funeral scene still has the record for largest number of extras.
EyeBrock @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:03 am
Should we be surprised that this is happening in a socially medieval state, mired in a medieval religion?
ShepherdsDog @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:05 am
Eisensapper Eisensapper:
I think the funeral scene still has the record for largest number of extras.
I thought the Longest Day had that record?
martin14 @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:09 am
EyeBrock EyeBrock:
Should we be surprised that this is happening in a socially medieval state, mired in a medieval religion?
So its better she takes the blood money ?
EyeBrock @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:12 am
I think 'justice' in an Islamic country is something far too alien and brutal for any of us sat in a comfortable, free and democratic country to fully grasp.
Axeman @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:13 am
EyeBrock EyeBrock:
I think 'justice' in an Islamic country is something far too alien and brutal for any of us sat in a comfortable, free and democratic country to fully grasp.
Yes. The problem is that if you go to an Islamic country and ask them to explain the difference between LAW and RELIGION, they'll stare back at you with a blank expression.
roger-roger @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:16 am
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
Eisensapper Eisensapper:
I think the funeral scene still has the record for largest number of extras.
I thought the Longest Day had that record?
I'll have to look into it....
roger-roger @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:36 am
Guiness book of records says the film Ghandi is the current record holder with aprox 300,000 extras for the funeral scene. 
Brenda @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:38 am
I've seen Ghandi in highschool, I was 14 or something. Hell, that was one looooooooooooooong movie 
2Cdo @ Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:46 am
Eisensapper Eisensapper:
Guiness book of records says the film Ghandi is the current record holder with aprox 300,000 extras for the funeral scene.
In India that is considered immediate family!