Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
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> However, it's one thing to say that it is wrong for the Iranian
> government to use death penalty, especially wrong in cases other than
> aggravated murders, and it's another thing to say that "Iran executed
> another person for same-sex relationship." The former is true,
> whereas the latter isn't. Truth matters.
How many outrageous acts by how many governments were committed yesterday? Some of those acts undoubtedly resulted in the ruin of countless lives. Others tortured only one person. Others killed a man or woman under the label of "death penalty." On what grounds do we select from these countless acts of outrage the one or two or three that shall figure prominently in lbo-posts on a given day? What are the political and/or intellectual implications of such choices of topic to write on? What political goal is served by choosing one out of the many executions around the world to discuss?
Carrol