# RO: What the fuck, Iran? (stoning a middle-aged woman to death) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 8, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920 "2010-07-08T01:08:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/61 "2010-07-08T23:31:27Z")
Say, **Squink** , have you stopped beating your wife yet? Hey, I’ve got one – if I go and kick **Squink** in the groin, I’m actually _castrating_ him! (Well, provided that **Squink** is a male) ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/62 "2010-07-08T23:41:40Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Hey, I’ve got one – if I go and kick **Squink** in the groin, I’m actually _castrating_ him! (Well, provided that **Squink** is a male) How about if instead, you pretend, along with your friend **xt** , that America didn’t just come out of a period where it tortured people to death on little more than an accusation of being an evil doer, and that thus we are morally superior to those fucking Iranians who have the temerity to torture people to death? I know that sort of thinking will make **xt** ’s dick real hard, but is it enough to get your pussy damp? Is _anything_ enough for that? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/63 "2010-07-09T00:44:19Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > How about if instead, you pretend, along with your friend **xt** , that America didn’t just come out of a period where it tortured people to death on little more than an accusation of being an evil doer, and that thus we are morally superior to those fucking Iranians who have the temerity to torture people to death? > I know that sort of thinking will make **xt** ’s dick real hard, but is it enough to get your pussy damp? Is _anything_ enough for that? I think we can safely say that crows have become an endangered species after the post above. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/64 "2010-07-09T00:46:33Z")
Does it even occur to, **Squink** , that in a message board full of liberal douchebags ( 🙂 ), no one is coming to your aid on this? One thing can be evil without being as evil as something else. Are you gonna start hijacking threads where people complain about their coworkers, and say “oh, so now you blame your coworker for doing a shitty job, but you don’t blame America for torture?!?!? HYPOCRITE” ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/65 "2010-07-09T00:47:04Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] How about if instead, you pretend, along with your friend xt, that America didn’t just come out of a period where it tortured people to death on little more than an accusation of being an evil doer, and that thus we are morally superior to those fucking Iranians who have the temerity to torture people to death? [/QUOTE] Man, this is just lame. You don’t even build GOOD strawmen. And, frankly, you need some serious work on your trolling skills. WAY too obvious. You are doing good work on the whole portraying yourself as a nutball thingy, however. You’ve pretty much put yourself in the gonzomax (but with good grammar and actual sentence structure) league. Were you, perhaps, trying to channel Der Trihs? If so let me just say that he does it MUCH better than you do. > [@](#): > > I know that sort of thinking will make xt’s dick real hard, but is it enough to get your pussy damp? Is anything enough for that? 😛 Is it torture that’s supposed to get my motor going, or your lame ass attempts at trolling? Whichever it’s supposed to be (or, perhaps it’s something else, since you are obviously seriously tripping in this thread), you should really wipe the foam from your muzzle and go clean off that chair… -XT ---
**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/66 "2010-07-09T00:47:19Z")
> [@](#): > > What the fuck, Iran? (stoning a middle-aged woman to death) But not. Still a lot of dead and tortured Iraqis though. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/67 "2010-07-09T00:54:38Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Does it even occur to, **Squink** , that in a message board full of liberal douchebags ( 🙂 ), no one is coming to your aid on this? Yep, I gotta say, the liberal douches are sure making ol’ Randy proud in this thread. In fact, a single tear is roling down my cheek (oh wait, maybe that’s just some of Guin’s dampness). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/68 "2010-07-09T00:56:33Z")
Iran is pretty much the same as the US. I’d encourage all my friends and relatives to move there-- especially the female ones. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/69 "2010-07-09T01:00:07Z")
[QUOTE=PrettyVacant] But not. [/QUOTE] You seem to be right. [Looks](http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/08/iran.stoning/?hpt=T2) like she might not get stoned. She might get hung instead. After being in jail (it looks like) since 2006 and receiving 99 lashes. Pretty merciful. > [@](#): > > Still a lot of dead and tortured Iraqis though. That’s true. I guess that makes it ok then? If not, perhaps you could explain the relevance, since Squink seems to be a bit distracted building strawmen? -XT ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/70 "2010-07-09T01:15:11Z")
I’m sure somebody else has made the observation, but from this thread it seems to me we need an update or corrolary to Godwin’s Law. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/71 "2010-07-09T01:16:53Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Yep, I gotta say, the liberal douches are sure making ol’ Randy proud in this thread. In fact, a single tear is roling down my cheek (oh wait, maybe that’s just some of Guin’s dampness). Why? No one in here will agree with pretty much anything you say. This is not a defense of torture, just an acknowledgement that there are greater and lesser evils. Everyone here still thinks you’re a fucking asshole for supporting torture and a coward for disguising it under euphemisms. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/72 "2010-07-09T01:21:55Z")
Iran is a oppressive and tyrannical theocracy. That this sort of thing goes on isn’t really _shocking_ so much as it is to be expected. They murder gays, they murder women for having ‘improper’ sex, they keep their Jewish population as second class citizens whose families are held hostage if one member wants to leave the country, and so on. Yes, it sucks. And the people of Iran deserve a whole lot better than the tyrants who are in charge. Maybe they’ll shake them off one day without blood, but I’m not betting on it. Squink is still funny though. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/73 "2010-07-09T01:42:23Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Why? No one in here will agree with pretty much anything you say. This is not a defense of torture, just an acknowledgement that there are greater and lesser evils. Everyone here still thinks you’re a fucking asshole for supporting torture and a coward for disguising it under euphemisms. You forgot to mention that I’m a racust and I hate poor people. You’re slipping, man. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/74 "2010-07-09T02:01:13Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > lame ass attempts at trolling? Heck, I’ve fucked up this thread for you without trolling. Sometimes facts’ll do, you know? Now if you want to pretend America doesn’t kill by torture you’ll have to get off in the privacy of your own mind, instead of the circle jerk of an RO thread here. Have you healed sufficiently from [your last drunken brawl to do that, **xt**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=559249&highlight=drunk)? [QUOTE=xtisme] Hopefully this won’t be completely incoherent but I’m both drunk AND pissed off. I got into a fight tonight (and that’s really stupid for someone my age). I have the shiner and some seriously bruised knuckles and quite possibly, when I sober up, I’ll need to see a doctor. And all because some people are both stupid and intolerant, but, luckily, they also think that gay people (and their friends) can’t fight. Anyway, the fight happened because a bunch of us were drinking and talking… [/QUOTE] I certainly hope so, because you’re in need of a little relief, man. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/75 "2010-07-09T02:02:37Z")
Squink, seriously, you’re posting over the legal limit of stupid. Just take the night off. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/76 "2010-07-09T02:05:13Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > You forgot to mention that I’m a racust and I hate poor people. You’re slipping, man. He probably figured you’d just remind everyone quickly enough. And if anyone’s dampness is rolling down your cheek, I wonder about your technique. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/77 "2010-07-09T02:07:29Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > And if anyone’s dampness is rolling down your cheek, I wonder about your technique. Go down on a woman with a beard though… I mean you should have the beard, not the woman. So, how about those Iranians, eh, eh? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/78 "2010-07-09T02:14:06Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] Heck, I’ve fucked up this thread for you without trolling. [/QUOTE] Well, I’m certainly glad you feel that way man! At least SOMEONE is on your side, ehe? 😛 > [@](#): > > Sometimes facts’ll do, you know? One mans facts are another mans strawman. Your ‘facts’ all seem to to float on the wind… > [@](#): > > Now if you want to pretend America doesn’t kill by torture you’ll have to get off in the privacy of your own mind, instead of the circle jerk of an RO thread here. The only one who seems to be closing their ears and squeezing their eyes shut looks remarkably like you. How’s it working out for you so far? > [@](#): > > Have you healed sufficiently from your last drunken brawl to do that, xt? Yes indeed! Thanks for your concern! This has nearly as much relevance to this thread as your repeated attempts to equate Iran to the US in a thread about Iran, but it’s an interesting and intriguing change in the discussion that I’d have never guessed at. Does something in that drunken rant of mine have some special relevance about Iran? Does it show some hidden aspect to my personality that indicates a taste for torture? Does it, perhaps, demonstrate something concerning state sponsored murder or even adultery? Or maybe it just reminds you of the state you currently seem to be in? Inquiring minds want to know! I’m always curious about the motives of da crazy… > [@](#): > > I certainly hope so, because you’re in need of a little relief, man. Yeah…being sober does that to one. I have to say that this whole sober thingy sucks the big one. You should try it sometime, no? But enough about me…perhaps you’d like to try out a weather gambit next? Or you could start a different tangential conversation concerning my shoes? My thinning hair? -XT ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/79 "2010-07-09T02:17:39Z")
xt, why do you insist upon feeding the troll? ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920/80 "2010-07-09T02:20:18Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Go down on a woman with a beard though… I mean you should have the beard, not the woman. > > So, how about those Iranians, eh, eh? I suppose I can add that to the list of reasons why my wife would be really irritated with me if I grew out a beard. I tried once and it didn’t go well. One of my colleagues, also a good friend, is fresh off the boat from Iran on a student visa. Shortly before she came to the US, she attended an anti-Ahmedinejad rally in Tehran. A few days later, she got a call on her cell phone from the police. They told her that she had been spotted, identified, and photographed in the protest. They told her that they knew where she was, and that at any time the authorities wanted, they could apprehend and imprison her more or less indefinitely. I can barely imagine what everyday life must be like under these circumstances. The Iranians do indeed deserve better than this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-what-the-fuck-iran-stoning-a-middle-aged-woman-to-death/545920.md?page=5)