Comments:Islamic vigilantes acquitted of murder by Iran supreme court

"iran has a history of imposing extreme penalties...."this certainly is not neutral language. This article needs a complete rewrite, it's a subjective opinion what is extreme. As it currently stands this sounds like an islamophobic piece of sensationalist rubbish that you'd expect to find in a tabloid
 * How is it not barbaric and extreme to kill someone for having sex? These were extrajudicial killings; the Iranian supreme court just let a bunch of murderers off the hook because they said they were "killing in the name of God".  If you find that acceptable I suggest you leave your fine education establishment and move to Iran post-haste. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:07, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Brianmc's point (kinda), although I disagree with the way he put it. My argument would be that the death penalty is, almost by definition, an extreme form of punishment. From this point of view it is true that "iran has a history of imposing extreme penalties....". This is not necessarily judgemental, as it could be said of any nation who regularly exercises the death penalty. Sdmolloy 23:50, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, might I add that the story as written seems to reflect well the story as published on various other new sites. I do not agree that this article needs a complete rewrite. Sdmolloy 23:53, 20 April 2007 (UTC)