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The Man From Ipanema

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

I love it when a lea­der, any lea­der, thinks critically.


“I find myself ima­gi­ning what would hap­pen if one day there was a country in the world that would stone a man because he was chea­ting. Nothing jus­ti­fies the state taking someone’s life. Only God gives life and only He should take it away.”

A quote from Bra­zi­lian pre­si­dent Luiz Iná­cio Lula da Silva, after offe­ring Saki­neh Moham­madi Ash­tiani (an Ira­nian women con­vic­ted of “adul­tery while being married” and sen­ten­ced to death by sto­ning), asylum.

Source: Guar­dian.