(July 2, 2014 at 5:31 am)Cato Wrote:(July 2, 2014 at 2:48 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: I think this is exactly the same as gay marriage. Don't want one? Don't get one. But don't take it on yourself to stop other people getting one!
I would agree if this dress code were simply voluntary. I can't argue that some muslim women volunteer to abide, but some women go to great lengths to protest the dress code. How can we determine if someone really likes the trash bag look, versus being forced to wear it by someone that will at a minimum beat the shit out of them for disobedience? The idea of compulsion makes your gay marriage analogy untenable.
That's true. But I would offer that if what troubles us is the element of coercion or compulsion then the way to approach it is to deal with element of coercion or compulsion.
The issue for me is freedom. By compelling them to NOT do something it seems to me we are impinging their freedom as much as people who would force them. That's not empowerment. That's just expecting people to do what we want instead of what some other group wants.
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
