On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Brian Loe wrote: > On 9/12/07, Drsolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Iran's "public nudity" laws only restrict women. And "public nudity" > > > > Same in America. Men can go bare-chested, women can't. > > That's a ridiculous comparison. If they banned men from showing their > bare chest, who cares? This is the face we're talking about, your > ability to be human.
I think your point here is that women's bare chests are naughty, and men's aren't. And you can't see that this is just a cultural idea, not an absolute. And somehow, you've decided that to be human, you must be able to show your face. > Makes sense though, its probably easier to stone a person to death > when you've never seen, and can't see, their face. True. It's also easier to administer a lethal injection if you don't look the guy in the eyes while you do it. > I agree, completely. It should be, as it is here in the states, based > on the community's standards. Those standards may come from the > individuals morality - which is naturally based on their upbringing > and religious beliefs (or spiritual beliefs) - but its the people > deciding, not the government. The problem here, is that if it's the religious beliefs that govern the nakedness standards, then it's a bunch of priests deciding, not the people. > > There you go again. You're assuming that democracy and free elections is > > the best possible system, whereas some folks think that submission to > > God's Laws is the best possible system. > > There's no question that democracy is a horrible and corrupt form of > government, so no, I'm not assuming that at all. I'm partial to > constitutional republics though and have no doubt that it would work > no matter where it was tried. The decentralization of the government > allows individual communities to govern themselves and the federal > government is simply their to protect the interests of the citizens of > those various communities. > > Besides, it seems obvious that what the individual Iranians want is > NOT the same as what their dictators want. You thought that about Iraq, too. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
