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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
Yup, pretty stupid stuff, but we have some pretty silly laws too looked at through a different cultural context. I mean, you canget life in prison for carrying a kilo of opium across a border. You can get 5 years just for being in possession and lighting up certain recreation drugs. Pretty goofy stiff when viewed through the lens of some other cultures. Some may say that the jail time isn't that bad, but wait until you're someone's biatch and you're getting violated every night. Stoning almost seems like a better punishment (in a real twisted way). I don't condone the stuff that goes on over there, but it is their country, their culture, and we have to respect the way they conduct themselves in their own home country.
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To be honest, that relativism at it's worst. If there is anything our Western political science should be good at is being able to discern tyranny from liberty. Viewing cultural differences as being relative is exactly what allowed Adolf Hitler to rise to power.