(January 27, 2020 at 9:49 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: Actually "can go some way" is a pretty light description for the effect of rules on a society: good structured rules can eradicate many forms of psychological abuse, societies that witness a good-structured constitution are way different than societies with poor-structured laws.
Granted.
I'm not disagreeing with you here, as I'm not against rules. There are a number of them I'd like to see more strictly enforced.
Quote:"Hijab is symbol of oppression" is a vague statement
Yes, it calls to mind the function of how symbols work. There's no intrinsic meaning in a star made of two triangles, or a crescent moon with a star -- the meaning is read into the mark by people.
If Mr. Ego wants to call the hijab a symbol of something, that's his own decision. He is making it a symbol of something that he himself has judged, but only to himself. His decision will have no weight with the many people who see it as having a very different meaning. And since it's their choice and their cultural tradition, only an egomaniac could try to declare otherwise.