The Arabic school textbooks which show children how to chop off hands and feet. (radical, prison)

[GreyDay]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

I do not believe in torching people with electricity either, or poisoning them, but it is what it is. I would assume that the purpose of such "textbook" is to warn people of the concequence of crime.

Of course you could dismissively say, forewarned, fair warned...Hell of a deterrent.

[rw47]

Originally Posted by GreyDay

Just because you disagree with it doesn't make our way better.

No, our way is better. That's just a fact. Chopping off hands is barbaric.

[MIKEETC]

Originally Posted by SamBarrow

No, our way is better. That's just a fact. Chopping off hands is barbaric.

Well, it's not as bad as the death penalty.

[i have no problem with the death penalty under certain circumstances but let's quit foolin' ourselves with our moral 'superiority']

[never-more]

I like to tolerate different cultures, but there's a certain point when you just gotta say "NO" to really backwards elements such as this.

[rw47]

Originally Posted by MIKEETC

Well, it's not as bad as the death penalty.

[i have no problem with the death penalty under certain circumstances but let's quit foolin' ourselves with our moral 'superiority']

Not for stealing. You think they don't have the death penalty?

I didn't say we were perfect. Just better.

[GreyDay]

Originally Posted by never-more

I like to tolerate different cultures, but there's a certain point when you just gotta say "NO" to really backwards elements such as this.

Yes we as a country can say no. But to them, it may seem just as idiotic that we're so lenient on criminals given the high recedivism...

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by MIKEETC

Well, it's not as bad as the death penalty.

[i have no problem with the death penalty under certain circumstances but let's quit foolin' ourselves with our moral 'superiority']

They have death penalty as well: decapitation by sword.

[MIKEETC]

Originally Posted by SamBarrow

Not for stealing. You think they don't have the death penalty?

I didn't say we were perfect. Just better.

Like I said, let's quit fooling ourselves. The ground we walk is not much higher than their's.

[MIKEETC]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

They have death penalty as well: decapitation by sword.

I have no problem with the methods.

[death is death]

[rw47]

Originally Posted by MIKEETC

Like I said, let's quit fooling ourselves. The ground we walk is not much higher than their's.

Yes it is.