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Originally Posted by Ourcrazymodern?
(not a thread-jack, I hope, just a thought: The USA runs all over spending hundreds of billions doing what amounts to nothing except destruction.) Wouldn't addressing these issues such as slavery and others disrespecting human life be less costly and more constructive? Maybe there's not enough "profit" in it? Individual packaging is not the evil: One's morality may become it, as part of a group or all alone. They say money talks, and we can see the evidence, but I never heard a whisper.
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a worthy point.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Is that not the same drive that makes Fundamentalist Christians and Fanatical Muslims do the things that they do?
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I was hardly being fanatical. Just saying I'm not going to turn a blind eye to children being beaten and raped, did I say "at whatever cost blah blah blah"... no. Now that would have been fanatical.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
No it does not make it okay, but again, imposing morality on others is sticky business. There is a point where a line is drawn and people have to make the decisions for themselves.
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Yes, people do have to draw their own lines. Interestingly enough, if the line isn't drawn at raping, imprisioning and beating a child on a daily basis... where would it be drawn? Killing the child once you were done? I don't see the comparison you're making. Raping children is not a culturally acceptable thing or even "imposing morality", even in the countries mentioned in this thread, this is not something that is widely accepted.
Women are often completely devalued in many countries around the world... would I be "imposing my morality" by saying I would like that to change and for those women to have some amount of choice in their lives?
My own goal with this thread and my only goal in my personal thoughts with such topics is to make sure people are at least aware. Occasionally, there is the person that says, "I didn't know this was happening, I'd like to get involved" But...I've been around enough to know most people aren't really stirred by such things anyway.
thanks,
sweetpea