Cognitive dissonance at its finest- just to be clear, I have nothing against homosexuality, it’s the pedophilia and the treatment of women as sub-human there that irks me.[/quote]
Making a course correction, based on the the forums rules, is this not just another example of the difficulties in international and global ethical relativism in the modern era?
Are our values any more appropriate than theirs? Here is a good example. We continue to lambaste other counties about human smuggling and trafficking but choose not to end the same practice that is occurring on our own border. What is a crime overseas is considered a politically acceptable form of migration here. The example given from Afghanistan is no different regardless of how horrible I think it is.[/quote]
Academic arguments are nice but I don’t think I will be cutting off my daughter’s nose any time soon or throwing acid into classrooms that happen to have girls.[/quote]
I agree with you 100% but moderated my language in order not to be described as a crazy right winger.
