Is "an eye for an eye" a reasonable punishment?

I have thought about this all day. I really don’t know, but it seems horrific to me. I keep thinking of that man being strapped down and someone putting acid in his eyes. The person doing it, gee I don’t know.

Yup, by all means…if it prevents someone else from committing such atrocities than it is well worth it. Having lived in the Middle East for a few months at a time, it is kind of refreshing to see men who murder their aunts being sentenced to death within a few months of their crimes rather than wasting away on Death Row, as they do here.

An eye for an eye was to actually control over punishing offeners.
I certainly think he deserves some comparable punishment.

Maybe she could put acid in his eyes… horribly miss because she can’t see and totally screw him up.

Too harsh?

On the one hand, I have no sympathy for the man in question and believe that he absolutely deserves to be punished in a manner concordant to his crime. On the other hand, it’s completely barbaric and will in no way elevate Iran’s reputation in the eyes of other countries. If it wishes to be seen as a blooming democracy then it can no longer implement its Ancient Roman judicial system.

How about placing the man in prison for the rest of his natural life without any possibility for early release? I would venture a guess that a prison in Iran, or any Middle Eastern country for that matter, is probably a very nasty experience in itself and his life would be over anyway for all intents and purposes.

And like @peyton_farquhar said above, with Iran already in the world spotlight, I don’t think they’re going to do anything to bring more unwanted attention on themselves if they can help it.

anyone who does that to a child, male or female, should be beaten in the balls. that’s a cowardly thing to do.

@eponymoushipster oh, I agree. There are plenty of people I’d like to see beaten in the balls, or better, castrated and then fed their own balls. But that probably is better left up to vigilante justice than to the state.

@peyton_farquhar wouldn’t that be a law to see pass? “Bill 1212.4.123.1a – Administration of Ball Beatings”

who’d watch CSPAN for that discussion?

In this particular case I like TheDeadWake’s answer!
In general I like the quote that ”...an eye for an eye usually leaves both blind”

YES, an eye for an eye
or a massive ball beating

No, she should turn the other cheek and have an eternal reward in heaven if she’s saved .

..this finite life is a blink of an eye compared to eternity, people in heaven will be like so regretful not bring persecuted here.

I don’t think an eye for an eye is ever reasonable punishment, especially if it is administered by a governing body. The government’s role is to serve and protect, not to exact revenge for misdeeds.

He should never be in a position to be able to hurt someone like that again. But there needs to be a way where he could make amends. Perhaps the earnings for his work in prison goes to the woman?

The point of justice is not so that the people can have the pleasure of seeing the f*ckers burn. Its purpose is to ensure a peaceable society, as part of a mechanism that wards against excesses by individuals and the collective alike. Perhaps eye-for-an-eye works perfectly well towards the first goal, but it has disastrous consequences for the second. Justice in general is inevitably flawed. There are wrongful convictions, and perhaps more importantly, emotion and bias on the part of judge and jury often act unfairly against the accused. To protect against what is at its worst totalitarianism or vigilante justice, depending on the details of the system, sentences must be regulated and standardized, and they must allow room for error; hence, the death penalty is under question, and prison terms in livable conditions are the standard punishment. Retributive justice is far too permanent, allowing no possibility of overturning the sentence in light of new evidence or in the case of an unfair ruling, and it makes no allowances for extenuating conditions. Those factors do not apply in this case, but nonetheless; for justice to be just, there can be no exceptions made in order to appease the outrage of the public.

I think in some ways it is encouraging that a woman won a verdict over a man since Sharia law has typically been pretty biased in the other direction.

But in some ways, this is just a diversion from the real crimes being committed there. The Bahais who were recently arrested in Iran and are being tried for their religious beliefs will most likely be killed, if history is any guide.

So in a way, I would far prefer eye-for-an-eye than death-for-belief.

I don’t know its a tough call. I guess in certain situations its acceptable. This one seems reasonable because its so gruesome what he did to her and a prison sentence or death just doesn’t seem like retribution. But if you do it all the time you end up with situations like, Man A raped woman B, then he gets convicted and then his daughter is sentenced to being raped or his mother or something. So eh. But I have no pity for this guy who blinded this woman intentionally. What ever he gets he deserves it

No. He should be locked up and have a long, miserable life and die a long, horrible death (not at the hands of the government, though). And then he should rot in hell.