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"can imprison or kill you if that's what they feel like" Reminds me also of a certain north american country. Oh, never mind.
by ypcx 15y ago
"can imprison or kill you if that's what they feel like"
Reminds me also of a certain north american country. Oh, never mind.
- gnosis 15y agoExactly. The US can just brand you a terrorist and assassinate you if it feels like it -- even if you're an American citizen -- no need to even extract a false confession under torture or have a sham trial (though there are plenty of those in the US as well). They could just kill you outright. Iran does not have a monopoly on mockeries of justice.
- mvzink 15y ago> Iran does not have a monopoly on mockeries of justice. You're quite right. From these cases, the only real differences would seem to be 1) basis: terrorism vs. insulting Islam and 2) extremity: different bars for capital punishment.
- mseebach 15y agoYes, those are almost slightly related. Facepalm. Yes, the erosions in US justice over the past decade and change are rightly cause for great concern, but they are orders of magnitude from the total absence of the rule of law in Iran.