The entire male population of a village in Iran has been executed for its alleged role in drug trafficking

Ninja_Turnip · 2016-02-28T22:37:22+00:00

Does this article appear callous to anyone, it starts of with "the entire male population has been executed" but then just kind of glazes over it as though while shocking, it's no big deal. Maybe I'm making my point badly but this article just seems completely unempathetic - there's no commentary on the trials(if there were any to speak of) or anything.

SporkTornado · 2016-02-29T03:05:50+00:00

I can't think of any time when women were selectively killed off. They either kill indiscriminately regardless of gender, or they only kill the men. # maleprivledge

Tedesche · 2016-02-29T03:29:36+00:00

I have to say, it's rather typical and disheartening that "Shahindokht Molaverdi, a vice-president of Iran responsable for Women and Family Affairs" only seemed to care about the welfare of the women and children left behind—not the injustice of an entire group of men being executed for selling drugs.

I suspect, however, that this is wrapped up in other politics too, as the article itself implies. If these drug smugglers were really connected to terrorist organizations and religious militant groups, I can understand the State having an interest in sending a message. Executing them on paper for selling drugs is still messed up, but I can at least empathize with the pragmatic mentality.

Still, the disposability of these men is poignant—no efforts to reform them, and no mention of any investigation into whether or not the wives and children were abetting their crimes. Sounds like a legal double-standard to me. Still, this is the same legal system that allows women to be raped, so "fucked up" is kind of just the running MO.

FromTheFarSouth · 2016-02-28T22:47:09+00:00

I'm not sure why people in the MRM bring up these news stories about the middle east. It is irrelevant to our mission, which is to support men's rights in the west and oppose feminism. We can do absolutely nothing about the extremism in that part of the world.

Title	The entire male population of a village in Iran has been executed for its alleged role in drug trafficking
Author	FromTheFarSouth
Upvotes	38
Comments	8
Date	February 28, 2016 8:03 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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