(January 28, 2020 at 12:57 am)Belacqua Wrote:I'm interested to know these rules you like to see enforced.(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: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.
Humans underestimate the effects of stuff on their minds; a scary thought -but very true one- is how things like stress and propaganda shape our minds and sometimes our whole judgement.