The judges at the appeals court in Porto, Portugal's second-largest city, wrote that they were making reference to the Bible and an old law "to stress that a woman's adultery amounts to conduct which society has always condemned and condemned very strongly."
The written ruling became public this week and sparked outrage on Portuguese social media, with numerous rights groups speaking out.
Zevran wrote:Magic can kill. Knives can kill. Even small children launched at great speeds can kill.
Edgar Cabrera wrote:HOLY SHIT GUYS, IT'S DOGLOVINGJIM!!! HE'S HERE!!!
skoobadive wrote:It's the legendary DoglovingJim! Ohboy, this must be the greatest day of my life!
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DoglovingJim wrote:We can't say it's misogyny though...
DamianaRaven wrote:DoglovingJim wrote:We can't say it's misogyny though...
I can (and will) say it's misogyny to let a man off the hook with no jail time for beating a woman with a ball bat into which he had driven nails, and then basically insinuate that she ought to be glad he didn't kill her for damaging his "dignity and honor." This kind of decision straight-up condones domestic violence (even with gender completely removed from the equation) and is highly problematic for me, even from halfway across the world. Maybe I shouldn't have speculated about what would happen if the genders were reversed, so I hereby withdraw that casual observation!
It is not (and never has been, never will be) OK to physically assault and/or kill your partner because they had sex with somebody else. Marriage does not confer that kind of ownership! The only appropriate "punishment" for adultery is divorce. Anything else is in violation of man's law. A judge who shows leniency for that kind of savagery because of what the Bible has to say on the subject is unfit for secular public service. Maybe his faith and piety would be more effectively applied to a position in the clergy.
Edgar Cabrera wrote:HOLY SHIT GUYS, IT'S DOGLOVINGJIM!!! HE'S HERE!!!
skoobadive wrote:It's the legendary DoglovingJim! Ohboy, this must be the greatest day of my life!
Cracked.com wrote:Initially, his interest in animals was "primarily a sexual attraction," but as he grew older, he also "developed the emotional attraction." We guess we could call what Jim does ... dog-lovin'
DoglovingJim wrote:I can't say it's misogyny specifically because we haven't had a similar case with the genders reversed, like I could look at a man getting jailed for robbery and say it's misandry because I choose to ignore what would happen if a woman was caught robbing too.
DamianaRaven wrote:Setting aside the whole gender politics angle, I'm pretty sure Portuguese culture does NOT condone this degree of violence in any other circumstance. Remember, this guy took a look at a ball bat and decided that it wouldn't hurt enough, so he drove nails in it and beat her until she was "covered in bruises and cuts."
Edgar Cabrera wrote:HOLY SHIT GUYS, IT'S DOGLOVINGJIM!!! HE'S HERE!!!
skoobadive wrote:It's the legendary DoglovingJim! Ohboy, this must be the greatest day of my life!
Cracked.com wrote:Initially, his interest in animals was "primarily a sexual attraction," but as he grew older, he also "developed the emotional attraction." We guess we could call what Jim does ... dog-lovin'
According to court documents, the ex-lover restrained her while the man hit her in the head and body with the club. Injuries from the beating to the head required her to get five stitches.
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