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How young, how sad it ended this way
They wanted to make examples, justice wasn’t even a concern >

That place is a real shit hole in every way imaginable >

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Mohammad Mehdi Karami, an Iranian protester who was executed on January 7, was given less than 15 minutes to defend himself against the death penalty, sources who spoke to BBC Persian said.
Iran executed Karami, 22, a karate champion, alongside Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, after finding them guilty of killing a member of a paramilitary force in Karaj, west of Tehran, in November.
Karami was arrested during protests in the city of Karaj for his involvement in the killing of a member of Iran's paramilitary Basij force on November 3.


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Should have demanded trial by combat. >

I think that's what they gave him. They just didn't give him a weapon against the firing squad. >

Hey choose poorly.... >

Thank goodness we have preserved the integrity of our whackadoo theocracy by murdering one of the finest athletes our country has ever produced. >

If only it had been a kungfoo theocracy instead of a whackadoo theocracy. Maybe then the karate champion might have had a fighting chance.
/jk >

This is like the dumbest comment I've ever seen I love it lmao >

They wanted to make examples, justice wasn’t even a concern >

time we make examples of they >

Whos "we" and what should be done? >

I'm not going to tell you what people should do to Iranian government and all this religious lunatics because I will be probably banned. But IN MINECRAFT they should be killed. >

I'm gonna tell my crush that I totally want to be with her, like, in Minecraft >

This case sets an interesting precedent for future protestors... you're not even going to get a fair trial, they're going to kill you, so the logical thing to do is as much damage as you can to the establishment and their goons when they try to apprehend you.
Seems like this will have some blowback. >

Idk. Look at china. >

Interesting comment. I have always heard of the Chinese oppression but there must be dissidents and people revolting and taking things in their hand too ... like it is being suggested here. Is there? Apart from HK street protests, never heard of that. >

they had protests there a few weeks ago if im not mistaken >

The protests are not over, they're not the same protests, sure, but they're protests still >

That place is a real shit hole in every way imaginable >

Religion is the biggest tool in the authoritarian kit >

Soviet Union, China, North Korea... >

At the root of it is dogmatism. The Soviet Union (and other communist regimes) sought to replace established religions with religious adherence to the ruling party/dictator and their dangerous ideologies.
North Korea on the other hand literally made a religion around Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un. >

Yup.  This is an important point.
Fundamentalist Christians, when faced with the atrocities committed by their zealous dictators, are quick to point out that atheism is worse - just look at Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc.
Religion isn't the real problem.  Like you said, it's dogmatism.  That is, being forced to accept the doctrine of a psychopathic ruler who fortifies their ideology not with evidence, but instead with coercion, intimidation and the penalty of death. >

One could argue that both religion and ideology demand that exact same type of compliance as a rule, so they are both bad. >

Agreed.  God in the bible is a lot like a North Korean dictator.  Absolute worship, torture and pain if you don't conform completely.  It's all garbage about control. >

This is absolutely wrong, at least in the New Testament. 
And no I don’t practice any form of religion >

I didn't realise the New Testament abolished hell or sins. >

Even better, the New Testament introduced hell in the first place. >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 71%. (I'm a bot)


Mohammad Mehdi Karami, an Iranian protester who was executed on January 7, was given less than 15 minutes to defend himself against the death penalty, sources who spoke to BBC Persian said.
Iran executed Karami, 22, a karate champion, alongside Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, after finding them guilty of killing a member of a paramilitary force in Karaj, west of Tehran, in November.
Karami was arrested during protests in the city of Karaj for his involvement in the killing of a member of Iran's paramilitary Basij force on November 3.


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