Saudi woman sentenced to 200 lashes

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

It should also be mentioned that the rapists were sentenced to 2-9 years in prison so they didn't just get away with it.

Look, here's the deal. Whether or not we agree with their laws is not the point. The point is that they have the right to have their own laws and punishments in their country. Just as we do. It may seem ridiculous to us but for them, that is their way of life and has been forever. When you know the rules BEFOREHAND and know the punishments if you break the rules, do you really have an argument? Personally, I don't feel like you do.

That makes you a moral relativist, right? What's considered "wrong" in one nation (sentencing a woman to prison for being gang-raped AFTER she was kidnapped- did you read the article? She didn't willfully meet with an unrelated man; she was kidnapped) is perfectly okay in another, due to the perspectives of the people ruling that country, correct?

So you're okay with the sex-trade of children in some nations in Asia? Slavery in other nations in Africa? Cutting off girl's clitorises in other nations? Imprisoning people without giving cause? Because those nations have no ethical problem with it?

(I realize it sounds like I'm attacking; I don't mean to. I just want to know where your line is drawn).

I agree, to some extent you have to accept that people are different in different parts of the world (look at how well our grand plan to export democracy to Iraq has worked out), but I think, when it comes to blatant subjugation of a class of people, whether they be female, poor, young, whatever, one can make a case that it's universally wrong and shouldn't be tolerated.

But then, Saudi Arabia is one of our allies, so is that why you're defending them? Again, just trying to understand where your line in the sand is, so to speak.