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| DragonLegend | Mar 15 2010, 02:48 PM Post #1 |
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| Lazurath | Mar 16 2010, 06:59 AM Post #2 |
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From a Land Down Under
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Whilst to us in the West and I personally disagree with this, it is a different place with a different set of customs and beliefs. Were I to go there for an extended period of time, then I would make an effort to keep my behaviour in the socially acceptable levels of the place. I am not saying that it is there fault that they should go to jail, but it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. |
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| DragonLegend | Mar 16 2010, 11:58 AM Post #3 |
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Moral relativity at its finest. |
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| Lazurath | Mar 16 2010, 12:05 PM Post #4 |
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What does that have to do with anything? |
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| DragonLegend | Mar 16 2010, 12:13 PM Post #5 |
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I don't see how the fact that "it is a different place with a different set of customs and beliefs" makes it alright. Did you not once claim that we should promote human rights everywhere by whatever means possible, including military force? And did you not once say that, should your country be destroyed, you would live in either the UAE or Saudi Arabia? |
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| Lazurath | Mar 16 2010, 12:21 PM Post #6 |
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Yes, I did. I never said I would enjoy living there, only that I would most likely be the most logical place to go. (However since then I have decided I wouldn't want to go to Saudi Arabia. Bahrain would probably be the best option.) And I never said I agree with those beliefs. Did you not see the part were I said that "to us in the West we disagree with this stuff?" Of course I would much prefer it to have more liberal, less oppressive laws, but the fact still remains that it IS a different place, and unless they have some sort of counter-culture comparable to the American Hippy movement, then it's unlikely to change. These people were in the UAE by choice, not by necessity, so as a result should understand that the place they are in is (evidently) not the same as where they're from. Whilst the woman was probably grossly overexaggerating, if it were me in that situation I would've been more cautious. Plus finally, what do you propose we do Dragon? Break in and free these citizens from Jail? Tell the Emirati government that it isn't free to make their own laws? |
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| DragonLegend | Mar 16 2010, 12:24 PM Post #7 |
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How is it okay to do something like that to someone for a public kiss on the cheek? "Different culture"? I don't see how that justifies it. Maybe you also feel that way when Saudi women are stoned for the littlest of "crimes", because, hey, it's "a different culture"? That's moral relativism, bubba.
You're the one who proposed that, actually. Edited by DragonLegend, Mar 16 2010, 12:25 PM.
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| Parasky | Mar 16 2010, 07:59 PM Post #8 |
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There is no war in Crimea
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Yes, why not? What will they do to stop us? Counties like that always call us Americans imperialists, so we might as well start acting like it. I think we should literally just conquer countries like Turkey and Egypt where there laws are clearly violating human rights. We Americans have emerged into the light of freedom, and now it's our job to spread this day everywhere and banish the darkness from human civilization. And if that means destroying entire cultures and religions, so be it. Freedom is worth an ocean of blood. But in all seriousness, I do support aggressive military action against cases like this. You can't just fuck around with another country's citizens and not expect to receive a few bombs. |
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| Nghtflame7 | Mar 19 2010, 03:47 PM Post #9 |
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And Belgiuim. We must invade Belfium! AND ALL THEIR BEER WILL BE MINE!!!!! Mwahahahahahaha |
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| MaxJ | Mar 19 2010, 04:56 PM Post #10 |
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HITM op dokters advies
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Belgiuim and Belfium? |
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| DragonLegend | Mar 19 2010, 05:08 PM Post #11 |
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Its evil twin. Ah, what am I saying, Belgium is evil too. |
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| MaxJ | Mar 19 2010, 05:12 PM Post #12 |
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Haha Belgium has a splitted personality. One rich, brave and pretty Dutch side and a poor, ugly French side
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| Nghtflame7 | Mar 22 2010, 03:00 PM Post #13 |
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Why not both? I have never had Belfiun beer, though, so we need to start with Belgium. |
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