Are you blaming democracy for the passing of this law?
On Aug 24, 7:21 am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Democracy, we might say, is a good thing. Democracy is freedom and a
> necessary progressive step for all countries. We believe in it so much, in
> fact, that we'll die for it. Or at least send our soldiers to die for it.
> We'll regard countries that appear undemocratic with disdain and haughty
> superiority. In the search for absolute philosophical truth (as hoped for by
> BB in another thread), democracy is a pretty sure bet.
>
> So be proud, then, when you see what our invasion of Afghanistan and the
> instilment of democracy has achieved there. By the power of this wonderful
> thing called democracy, Shia men have now been granted the right to beat and
> starve their wife if they deny them sex. A law, by the way, which works very
> nicely with legalised rape within marriage.
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/14/afghanistan-womens-rights...
>
> Ian
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