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  This Footloose remake is kinda morbid.
context: But only 8 years for decapitating your 17-year-old wife and parading her head around in public (that you married when she was 12 [which was no issue]).  Awful news from Iran, today. >
  
  It's a sad reflection of the state of human rights in Iran when such a punishment is meted out for peaceful expression of opinions and support.
  The fact that much harsher punishments are given for other crimes is even more concerning. >
  
  Rhythmically moving your body?! 20 years in prison!
  Seriously, what kind of insanity is that? >
  
  I mean you’re just making shit up. You know damn well it’s not because they were dancing, they could’ve been sitting there and they could’ve been jailed for the same reason. >
  
  No social media, no leaving the country, no bail and most important no lawyer. Smth. >
  
  Fuck all these facist dictator states. It’s fucking mind boggling to me that after the 20th century, ww1, and ww2, were still dealing with this bullshit. >
  
  Gotta love that democracy! >
  
  "ISIS 2.0" >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 56%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  An Iranian court has sentenced two bloggers to ten and a half years in prison each for dancing in the streets in support of the nationwide protests which have swept the country since September.
  The couple - Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, 22 and Astiyazh Haqiqi, 21 - shared a video of themselves dancing Azadi Square in Iran's capital Tehran to show support for the protests after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in custody of the Iranian morality police.
  The couple have also been charged with "Colluding with the intention of disrupting national security and promoting propaganda."
  
  
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  For those who didn’t actually read the article, they were charged with 10 and a half years EACH. Also given social media bans and prevented from leaving the country for 2 years after. Nothing I’m saying lightens the OP’s Headline. It’s quite sad you can be punished for opinions. >
  
  From the west to the east, the religious are a plague. >
  
  I hate this thing where people hedge their criticism of Iran or some other awful place by also criticizing the west.
  It's like someone reading about people starving half the world away and saying "starving there, too much unhealthy fast food making people overweight here.  Wow nutrition really is a huge problem everywhere huh." >
  
  Not every corner of the earth is suffering from starvation 24/7 365. We also collectively work hard to reduce starvation as much as possible. We don’t want starvation to be occurring and many places are quite free of it. 
  Religion is vastly opposite to that. >
  
  This was done by a theocratic oppressive government.
  Rather than criticizing the specific government that has done this or the specific type of government lets just criticize the concept of governments collectively.  All governments.
  From East to West Governments are a plague on our society! >
  
  I recognize your ability to make absurd arguments, as you wanted to prove. Now get lost apologist.