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First, this was an Iranian court that forbade him from beating his wife. Iranian courts operate under muslim law. Muslim law may seem to us to be oppressive toward women such as the head scarves, but the justification is the laws are to protect women (headscarves help prevent the women from being looked upon as sexual objects). Beating one's wife is in no way protecting her and is in fact doing the opposite, and the Iranian court agrees since they condemned it.
Second, I would submit that any man who beats his wife is not a man at all. I for one find it repulsive even to the point of avoiding use of the phrase, "Rule of thumb." Since the origin of that phrase comes from an old English law that allowed a man to beat his wife provided that the stick he used was no wider than the width of his thumb.
Third, in regards to the BDSM lifestyle, that is purely consensual on both sides and when done right there are always saftey measures taken before hand. There is a big difference between having pleasure from pain, and pleasure from assult. Any good Master/Mistress will tell you that their goal is to create pleasure through subserviance in the sub, and not to physically hurt the sub.
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Aside from my great plans to become the future dictator of the moon, I have little interest in political discussions.
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