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Old 11-16-2007, 07:34 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by forester814 View Post
A government sanctioning the killing people they are scared of because they are (or are just suspected of being) different? Nope, no similarities there!

There are huge differences that you refuse to acknowledge. The differences between the persecution of witches and homosexuals as is vast as the ones dealing with those two things and race. They are alike only that they were all persecuted. The reasons for the persecution are vastly different.

Just as I believe dishonest people will use ENDA to claim to have been fired for being gay (whether or not that was true, and whether or not they ARE gay), I believe that in a repressive culture like Iran's, dishonest people will use the system there to get revenge on enemies, business rivals, etc., by telling the authorities they are gay.

The system is old. But I haven't heard of a mass killing of homosexual people in Iran. Especially under the premise that you are worried about.

Sure, it's possible I'm being alarmist, but you have to admit the possibility is not far-fetched.

No, it's pretty far fetched IMHO. From the news reports I've read online, most people "convicted" under this have been seen "being" homosexual. As with the DADT alarmist, I have yet to hear about a non-homosexual harmed under these laws.

People are bad news, fx. That's why I stopped hanging out with them.

That I agree with in no uncertain terms.
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