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Azred · 10-04-2002, 06:34 PM

This situation puts many people into a couple of quandries.
1) If other nations try to interfere or influence the Nigerian court to reverse itself, then that is interfering with that country's rights of sovereignty. If one country interferes with another, then the precedent has been set for any country to have its soverignty overridden.
2) Anyone who speaks up that this woman should not be stoned (when she has been convicted of a crime that carries the death penalty) yet thinks that the death penalty is acceptable in America (or anywhere) becomes a hypocrite.

I agree that this is very sad, that this woman faces a horrible death for something so trivial as a "moral failure". [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] That alone points out one of the main troubling facets of this story: to me a moral failure is not a big deal but it is to many in other places in the world.

How can Nigeria be influenced? Trade embargoes? I don't have figures, but I can't see that Nigeria has too terribly much in the way of exports. Tourism boycotts? I don't see many people lining up for a week-long vacation in Nigeria. About the only thing you can do is limit the things you import into Nigeria, but that opens up the can of worms from #1 above.

Realistically, you won't see any Western governments stepping up to the plate for this woman. They can't afford to, as sad as that is.

10-04-2002, 06:34 PM	#13
Azred Drow Priestess Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: a hidden sanctorum high above the metroplex Age: 55 Posts: 4,037	This situation puts many people into a couple of quandries. 1) If other nations try to interfere or influence the Nigerian court to reverse itself, then that is interfering with that country's rights of sovereignty. If one country interferes with another, then the precedent has been set for any country to have its soverignty overridden. 2) Anyone who speaks up that this woman should not be stoned (when she has been convicted of a crime that carries the death penalty) yet thinks that the death penalty is acceptable in America (or anywhere) becomes a hypocrite. I agree that this is very sad, that this woman faces a horrible death for something so trivial as a "moral failure". [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] That alone points out one of the main troubling facets of this story: to me a moral failure is not a big deal but it is to many in other places in the world. How can Nigeria be influenced? Trade embargoes? I don't have figures, but I can't see that Nigeria has too terribly much in the way of exports. Tourism boycotts? I don't see many people lining up for a week-long vacation in Nigeria. About the only thing you can do is limit the things you import into Nigeria, but that opens up the can of worms from #1 above. Realistically, you won't see any Western governments stepping up to the plate for this woman. They can't afford to, as sad as that is. __________________ Everything may be explained by a conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories are true. No matter how thinly you slice it, it's still bologna.