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There are many things which are illegal in Iran yet practiced widely, like consuming alcohol or being attracted to your own gender. I wouldn't use the Iranian b
by flyinglizard 5y ago
There are many things which are illegal in Iran yet practiced widely, like consuming alcohol or being attracted to your own gender. I wouldn't use the Iranian book of laws as a moral compass myself, but to each their own.
- benbenbenjerry 5y agoHow bizarre for you to sidestep the issue and go after issues with the laws of Iran! In what country is it legal to assassinate a scientist?
- flyinglizard 5y agoGP asked if the fact it's illegal in Iran is not enough, and I say the Iranian code of law has no implications on what I think is moral or not. Personally I think that it is not outside any moral boundaries to assassinate a scientist which is working on WMDs. In fact, I'll claim the opposite: if you are a leader of a country which you know is potentially targeted by WMDs and you have the strategic and tactical opportunity to assassinate the people working on that program, then you should. Going back to laws, being a scientist doesn't give you any kind of immunity to any law. It shouldn’t grant you immunity here. Once you work on military programs, it's all fair game.
- pinewurst 5y agoWe considered shooting Werner Heisenberg during WW2 if there was convincing evidence he was moving a Nazi atomic weapons program along. Certainly that would have been against German or Swiss (this was during a visit to Switzerland) law.
- refenestrator 5y agoA key factor there is the word 'war'.
- true_religion 5y agoDid Iran and Israel ever sign a peace treaty? In 2020, the UAE normalized relations with Israel, and many countries took the opportunity to remind everyone that even if we are all dying of COVID, they would prefer that Israel go first.
- refenestrator 5y agoIt's not fricking world war 2, no matter the technicalities.
- throwaway245234 5y agoIf a country you're at war with and whose leadership has stated that they intend to annihilate you is on the verge of developing nuclear weapons, the stakes are arguably WW2-tier.
- refenestrator 5y agoConversely, American and Israeli politicians constantly talk about taking out Iran, making nukes a necessity for their self-defense. In both cases it's mostly posturing, but killing scientists and saying we had to, it's self defense is especially disgusting to me.
- FridayoLeary 5y agoHe's a nuclear scientist. Working on a nuclear bomb. For Iran. Wich is run by radical extremists. He's essentially a terrorist. Albeit one who goes around in a white lab coat as opposed to a machine gun and who has never harmed a fly but is more dangerous than the entire taliban put together.
- coder583 5y agoand mossad/israel isn't a terorrist state? Are you serious?
- coralreef 5y agoTIL Albert Einstein was a terrorist
- nxmnxm99 5y agoUS “war on terror” propaganda really never dies huh. Don’t fall in line with US global hegemony? Terrorist. Even if you’re an ancient culture who pose no rational threat to American people. Whatever cognitive dissonance allows you to think carpet bombing brown people in another country with drones is morally justified I guess
- halfmatthalfcat 5y agoWho are you arguing with? Nobody in this line of discussion said anything about the United States not also being considered terrorists. There can be terrorists on both sides but it looks like the US is living rent free in your head.
- nxmnxm99 5y agoLmao what? I’m responding to a comment suggesting an offensive like this is justified because they’re “terrorists”. But sure, everyone’s a terrorist, great contribution.
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- joelbluminator 5y agoWhat are you talking about, according to the former Iranian president Iran has no homosexuals problem. See? Problem solved!