Eye For an Eye--Literally

According to this report, the Court has ordered an Iranian man blinded after he initially blinded a woman who rejected his marriage proposal.

While it initially makes one uncomfortable to think that the courts can sentence a man to blindness, what an amazingly progressive move for Iran. The notion that a woman's vision is on par with that of a man's seems obvious to pretty much anyone outside of the Middle East. Now, apparently, the Court agrees.

I wish the lest of luck to the victim, Ameneh Bahrami, and applaud the Court's ruling.

Lastly, I'd like to just add: "Wow."