RE: woman rights in Islam
November 3, 2009 at 12:05 am
(This post was last modified: November 3, 2009 at 12:08 am by Violet.)
Apple Dictionary Wrote:culture |ˈkəl ch ər|
noun
1 the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively : 20th century popular culture.
• a refined understanding or appreciation of this : men of culture.
• the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group : Caribbean culture | people from many different cultures.
• [with adj. ] the attitudes and behavior characteristic of a particular social group : the emerging drug culture.
That's how I was using the word.
I think that laws should be based on just morals, logical values, and should always be very open to possible exception or reinterpretation. Of course, I also disagree with many currently (and past) established court systems... and I strongly disagree with laws based off of culture (Like those you see directed at women in Islamic countries?).
And a hat law like: we must all wear tall aluminum foil hats in public!
Is no less ridiculous than
A clothes law like: we must all wear clothes in public!
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
