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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
Maybe so, but what right do we have to tell them how to run their countries? Do we let them tell us how to do things? Nope. This is a correction in a cultural more that needs to be addressed. That culture can change that only if it wants to. All the outside influences in the world won't do much if they are not embraced by the masses. Until the people refuse to participate in the stonings, or rally to protect those that are to be stoned, nothing will change. We can't make that decision for them, only the citizens of Iran can make that decision.
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Although there is a lot of truth to what you are saying, I don't think it is 100% correct. Nazi Germany would have kept on chugging along if we didn't intervene along with the Japanese Empire. A good modern day example is Afghanistan, society there has come a long way in the last 7 years.
A lot of times the majority of the people do not agree with what the government is doing but is powerless to change it or stop it. Sometimes external help is required. Look at the soviet Union under Stalin, there was plenty of political decent but it is hard for a populace to uprise when any wiff of decent is snuffed out with death.