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Originally Posted by politicophile
The relativist would doubtless point out that we, as westerners, are hardly a source of absolute moral principles. Sure, we think that forcing women to cover themselves is wrong, but they think that exploiting women's sexuality in advertising is wrong. Who is to say which of us is right? Any answer you give is subjective, so why would one force any particular set of morals on another people?
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the flaw i see in this line of thinking is that each woman in the western world can choose whether to dress as modestly or as revealingly as she likes. even today in less liberal cultures the woman would be slaughtered in the streets for such an act. the "exploited" woman chooses her dress, the burkha clad woman does not.
only one side of the issue is forcing morals upon the individual.
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Last edited by irateplatypus; 11-07-2005 at 03:09 PM..
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