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Re:End of the Line? Saudi Arabia to scale back plans for des... by nairboon on Thursday April 11, 2024 @06:53AM (#40000778)
> Public executions and flogging

> Let's not gloss over the fact that we in the west do the same.

I'm curious where in the "west" you're from. At least in my part of the "western world", we absolutely don't do any of this.

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Re:End of the Line? Saudi Arabia to scale back plans for des... by ctrw on Thursday April 11, 2024 @07:57AM (#40001192)
Our executions are slower. We just call it homelessness.
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Re:End of the Line? Saudi Arabia to scale back plans for des... by starspangled on Thursday April 11, 2024 @09:53AM (#40002170)
What on earth are you talking about?
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Re:End of the Line? Saudi Arabia to scale back plans for des... by ctrw on Thursday April 11, 2024 @06:03PM (#40007297)
That homelessness is a public execution in slow motion.
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Re:End of the Line? Saudi Arabia to scale back plans for des... by starspangled on Thursday April 11, 2024 @11:09PM (#40009041)
Well it isn't.
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Re:End of the Line? Saudi Arabia to scale back plans for des... by ctrw on Friday April 12, 2024 @01:03AM (#40009531)
You're right it's also torture.
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