An Eye For An Eye

[oscarina]

Just read where a Saudi Judge has asked several hospitals to damage a man's spinal cord as punishment for a cleaver attack that left a 22yr old man paralysed! Apparently the attacker has been released from a 14th month prison sentence and the family want revenge! Makes you feel sick! Does the "eye for an eye" make people feel better!

[lcg]

personally, i find it quite fitting...a violent offence such as that surely deserves more than the paltry prison sentence they would be handed here? x

[birdie1971]

http://www.guardian.c...udge-paralyse-convict

[ummmm]

It wouldn't make me feel better. To cause such damage in a fight is completely different to doing it intentionally. It's pretty disgusting to expect a Doctor, they who save lives, to do such a thing.

[Sqad]

ummmm...they will never get a doctor to do the operation.

[sandyRoe]

In Pakistan didn't they get Doctors to amputate the hands of some thieves?

[mollykins]

Unless someone in the victims family is one . . . I would have thought this would put Saudis off crimes unless they are a criminal mastermind that knows how to get away with it.

[ummmm]

You reckon Sqad....

Some people though...!!!! If they also live by Sharia law, who knows.

[ummmm]

I just have Noth....tell me what bit I should be paying attention to....

[Sqad]

I would do it if they paid me enough........say 1 million pounds........that should buy me.

[ummmm]

Yes....I'll check again but didn't they say they couldn't get a comment from the second hospital?

Who are the people who chop off hands? Surely that's similar....

[sandyRoe]

Or the chap they employ to lop off heads? He could probably disable somebody for a modest fee.

[ummmm]

Well it's pretty disgusting....

[jomifl]

It would be a real bu88er if it turned out he was innocent. but not as bad as some of the other options allegedly offered by allah the merciful (peace..etc.)