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Originally Posted by polak
Starting to think this too. But what can we do?
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Stand up for liberal values in all situations. They are universal.
Hold everyone to the same standards. It's not any more understandable or acceptable to execute gay people or stone adulterers just because it's done in a particular part of the world by people with a particular cultural background. Women's rights are no less important in Pakistan or Indonesia than they are in Calgary.
To act as if cultural difference in some way excuses oppressive or otherwise abhorrent behaviour is not cultural sensitivity, it's a bigotry of low expectations.