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**Mynameishappy** · 08-17-2010, 04:05 AM

That's not what you said though. You said:

Of all the words you could use to describe the state-sanctioned killing of a human being by throwing rocks at them, "enlightened" is what you went with....

Enlightened-humane are two different things. Given fundamentalist mindset I would say that stoning is more humane and the Iranian fundamentalist are more enlightened than others who carry out less humane method of death sentences. I should add that this sentence not enlightened in my opinion, nor is stoning humane.

Enlightened-humane... Frankly, I'm not sure what the standard would be today in this world. The US has the death penalty and we torture people. However, we don't sentence people to death with torture. Is that humane but not enlightened? Or enlightened and not humane?

I gotta go.

08-17-2010, 04:05 AM	#16
Mynameishappy Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	That's not what you said though. You said: Of all the words you could use to describe the state-sanctioned killing of a human being by throwing rocks at them, "enlightened" is what you went with.... Enlightened-humane are two different things. Given fundamentalist mindset I would say that stoning is more humane and the Iranian fundamentalist are more enlightened than others who carry out less humane method of death sentences. I should add that this sentence not enlightened in my opinion, nor is stoning humane. Enlightened-humane... Frankly, I'm not sure what the standard would be today in this world. The US has the death penalty and we torture people. However, we don't sentence people to death with torture. Is that humane but not enlightened? Or enlightened and not humane? I gotta go.
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