(April 23, 2011 at 6:38 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Yes ...
It is very primitive and a disgrace on the countries who support it. It is also a very telling indictment on those individuals who support it, is my opinion, as such it has no place in a modern society.
I agree.That is MY moral view.I make no claims to having a value system of absolute moral imperatives..
The most extreme of societies have only a thin veneer of modernity.They remain insular tribal cultures at their core. The emphasis they give their religion and daily life (such as a medieval pre occupation with notions of tribe, honour and treating women as chattel) is a reflection of their society. Their religion did not create their society,, but was tailored to fit. Their values and laws are merely at about a 150-200 year remove from ours. They will change eventually.
I would resist anyone trying to impose such a system in my country. However, I would not go to another country and presume to tell them how to live,or what laws they should have. It is up to the people of a country to determine what form of government and what legal system they want.
Looking around the world at the horrors human beings inflict on one another,it's clear to me countries only interfere with others when it is in their perceived best interest to do so. Claims to a non existent moral high ground make me want to vomit.