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> barbaric https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barbaric https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barbaric "possessing or characteristic of a cultural
by scoutt 4y ago
> barbaric
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barbaric https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barbaric
"possessing or characteristic of a cultural level more complex than primitive culture but less sophisticated than advanced civilization"
This is barbaric: Flogging -> "Flogging is employed as a punishment for alcohol consumption or illicit sexual relations"
stoning -> "As of 2014, certain provisions of the Qatari Criminal Code allows punishments such as flogging and stoning to be imposed as criminal sanctions."
> US
They are (were?) friends: "In 2003, Qatar served as the US Central Command headquarters and one of the main launching sites of the invasion of Iraq."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar
- DocTomoe 4y ago> This is barbaric: Flogging -> "Flogging is employed as a punishment for alcohol consumption or illicit sexual relations" I think it is a lot less barbaric than imprisoning people for smoking weed, for years, or have them appear on a sex offender list, massively limiting their freedom, for arguably small-scale things, like public urination.
- justusw 4y agoAnd what happens, when you get caught smoking weed in Qatar?