Shariah: Is it "barbaric"?

[Cinjin]

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.

True, I think it's completely wrong for one country to tell another country how to practice the making and enforcement of their laws, but taking the position of an ambiguous politician seems even more offensive to me when it comes to the maiming and killing of people who would normally be considered completely innocent of wrong-doing. I'm a human being in support of the rights of other human beings. I disagree with A LOT of things that other countries do but I never say word one about it because it's clearly not a human rights issue. However, you want to stone women in the streets, protect government sanctioned rape, and murder the innoncent under the guise of protecting your religion ... than I'm going to stand up and say, "You're Wrong!" Moral high ground or not ... your laws and/or punishments are barbaric and inhumane ... and I cannot stand by and say nothing just because I want to look politically correct. Respect is earned, not given. Should you start respecting the rights of your own countrymen (women), than, and only than, will I keep quiet about your way of life.

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.

They make me vomit as well ... no one more so than the muslims ... and the christians are a close runner-up.



These peaceful and tolerant muslims (not extremists mind you, just regular muslims) wanted the cartoonist put to death for drawing a FUCKING CAT!