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_Antaric t1_j6ocm72 wrote

But only 8 years for decapitating your 17-year-old wife and parading her head around in public (that you married when she was 12 [which was no issue]). Awful news from Iran, today.

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Uumm_wat t1_j6oj4n0 wrote

From the west to the east, the religious are a plague.

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Atralis t1_j6p0yd3 wrote

I hate this thing where people hedge their criticism of Iran or some other awful place by also criticizing the west.

It's like someone reading about people starving half the world away and saying "starving there, too much unhealthy fast food making people overweight here. Wow nutrition really is a huge problem everywhere huh."

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CanadianRaconteur t1_j6p5jbn wrote

Not every corner of the earth is suffering from starvation 24/7 365. We also collectively work hard to reduce starvation as much as possible. We don’t want starvation to be occurring and many places are quite free of it.

Religion is vastly opposite to that.

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Slimfictiv t1_j6o43rx wrote

No social media, no leaving the country, no bail and most important no lawyer. Smth.

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SunGazing8 t1_j6oqi62 wrote

Fuck all these facist dictator states. It’s fucking mind boggling to me that after the 20th century, ww1, and ww2, were still dealing with this bullshit.

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LostNTheNoise t1_j6obsg0 wrote

This Footloose remake is kinda morbid.

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lynivvinyl t1_j6oa6qn wrote

🎵You can dance if you want to, but you'll leave your friends behind. Because your friends don't dance and if they don't dance well they're not going to be behind.🎵 Bars.

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Foxtrought69 t1_j6p3lua wrote

Why are humans still like this?????

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Pantaruxada t1_j6p3vd9 wrote

As long as religion is around, it will never stop

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autotldr t1_j6o4bob wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 56%. (I'm a bot)

> An Iranian court has sentenced two bloggers to ten and a half years in prison each for dancing in the streets in support of the nationwide protests which have swept the country since September.

> The couple - Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, 22 and Astiyazh Haqiqi, 21 - shared a video of themselves dancing Azadi Square in Iran's capital Tehran to show support for the protests after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in custody of the Iranian morality police.

> The couple have also been charged with "Colluding with the intention of disrupting national security and promoting propaganda."

Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: couple^#1 protest^#2 charged^#3 ban^#4 two-year^#5

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Distortedhideaway t1_j6p97bs wrote

This seems like a surefire move to really instigate a revolution. Throwing kids in prison for dancing... burn the whole fucking thing down.

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cgerrells t1_j6pfbv0 wrote

We are banning books in the USA due to this same religious shit. Another country started doing this as well about 75 years ago and that turned out just super. Time to start getting rid of these parasite religions

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Full_Time_Hungry t1_j6o5ohp wrote

The article literally says 10.5 years each...

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PandaMuffin1 t1_j6o7pbs wrote

You are not allowed to editorialize headlines.

10.5 X 2 = 21 years, so I guess that is what the source was going for. It is still a ridiculous sentence for merely dancing and I hope you would agree.

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inAbigworld OP t1_j6o86w6 wrote

I agree, the title is misleading. I didn't edit it.

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pepelepew111111 t1_j6p84oj wrote

I hope they go back and dance again in the exact same spot as soon as they get out. Whenever I meet Iranians they’re vibrant, friendly and love life. The Iranian government is twisted beyond evil.

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gardengolf12 t1_j6p0b7e wrote

Mick is not happy and David is rolling in his grave.

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