Iranians protest the regime

[Chuck Naill]

In 2022, it’s the difference between living in a democracy than a theocracy, Kaz.

[TSherbs]

Yes (me)

Or 81 people would be beheaded in Saudi Arabia in March of this year?

No! (not me)

15,000 is a huge number. A large part of this is religious in nature, which some folks take more seriously than Americans are used to.
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Well, sure. But the level of "seriousness" does not really capture the interplay of the righteous justification of mass murder and the evolution of the notion of "justice" over the centuries. What I mean is that a religious believer can be very, very devout and "serious" without carrying out all of the homicidal or torturous actions that their religious texts condone.

Not surprisingly, we disagree. I suspect it's over how we read "serious."

I consider you a serious Christian. It's pretty straightforward for me. I am a serious liberal. Looks like you are restricting the use of the term to some special meaning. Or, as I suspect, you were using understatement, and there is a more accurate word or phrase for what *you* mean.

synonyms: earnest, thoughtful, deliberate, sober, somber, committed,....(the synonym soup that I can think of)

Did you mean something other than these common synonyms? Perhaps, ardent? Fervent? Rabid? Inflexible? Radical? Murderously orthodox? Zealous?

[TSherbs]

https://www.newsweek.com/iran-votes-...lesson-1757931

Iran parliament votes to execute 15,000 protesters in custody.

This is being reported as inaccurate now. Five people have been sentenced to death. The rest is a misinterpretation (apparently) of the parliamentary vote on infidels or whatever.

[dneal]

https://www.newsweek.com/iran-votes-...lesson-1757931

Iran parliament votes to execute 15,000 protesters in custody.

This is being reported as inaccurate now. Five people have been sentenced to death. The rest is a misinterpretation (apparently) of the parliamentary vote on infidels or whatever.

Time has an article clarifying.

[dneal]

Protesters are reportedly torching Ayatollah Khomeni’s home/museum.

https://twitter.com/ksadjadpour/stat...v1hCCRmwcouCwQ

[TSherbs]

Wow ! (If that is what that is)

[dneal]

Everything is suspect. Ghost of Kiev narratives.

Regardless, this seems to be as big (or bigger) than their "green movement / green revolution" of 2009/2010. That was put down brutally.