Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:
It is called different cultures who have different mores and concepts of right and wrong. To put it simply, morality is relative to culture. There's no such thing as an act which can be universally condemned as immoral.
Exactly right! If a sweating, hairy imam takes a fancy to an 8 year old child and decides to anally rape her, that's a
cultural difference between us and them, and that cultural difference
must be respected. If a drunken tribal elder decides to mutilate a childs genitals with a broken coke bottle, that's a
cultural difference between us and them, and it
must be respected (and make no mistake, that's exactly what the idiot Troll said last year).
If an Iranian village leader sees a 16-year old young woman was flirting with a young man from the next village (which in their culture probably means stopping at the market and passing a few words), and decides that it's an 'act inconsistent with chastity', then it's okay to bury the young woman in sand up to her neck and throw stones at her head until she's dead, because that's a
cultural difference between us and them, and it
must be respected (another one of the alcoholic Troll's pronouncements from last year, when he was in relapse).
Look no further than this very thread. 'Where's the line?' asks the child-rape advocate, ZZZzzzzzzz. 'You say 13 is too young, why not 12? Why not 11? Why not 9? Why not 7? Who are you to say what's too young? There is no absolute standard of right and wrong. Everything is relative. Morality is relative - relative to culture, relative to age, relative to gender, relative to religion,
relative to personal preferences!! Yes, you may be surprised to learn this, but it's true. Let me be clear - if my personal preference is that I like to rape 8 year old kids,
that's a part of my personal culture, and it must be respected'
What's that? You say that I personally don't represent a 'culture'? Oh no? Why not? How many does it take before we can claim we are a 'culture'? What about 'sub-cultures'?
And on it goes....