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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
What the social customs or laws of another nation allow is irrelevant. This is Canada, not a third world backwater, and there are expectations and laws on how we treat children and women. If that is something that is difficult to accept and follow, then Canadians should not suffer because of it.
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I'm not defending the actions under some kind of relativistic reasoning. Just pointing out that our notions of sexual propriety are not universal. Any young Canadian woman travelling in the Middle East would find that out rather quickly.
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Originally Posted by tvp2003
I also don't see any other refugees groping underage girls citing "different cultural norms". If his claim ends up being that he thought it was okay, I'm not buying it.
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I doubt he thought it was okay. He may very well have thought it was a bit naughty, though, rather than a serious crime. Groping of women on public transport and other public places is quite common in much of the world, and certainly not something the men doing it would expect to face serious criminal penalties for.