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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 10:18 AM
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335. You are taking a cultural relativist position, and in essence saying
that an individual's beliefs and practices need to interpreted in terms of that persons particular culture and that cultural outsiders haven't any right to interfere or judged based upon that notion.

Therefore, it is hypocritical to invoke cultural relativism when it comes to one culture and not another. If you say that non-veil mandating cultures should back off when it comes to veil-mandating cultures, then as a matter of logical consistency you should take the same postion when it comes to whaling cultures, child slavery cultures, animal abusing cultures, cultures that practice aparthied, etc., etc.

If we should "live and live" when it comes to the veil (which many of us see as a human rights issue, however culturally ingrained - btw, do some research and you will find there are just as many women within the culture who despise the oppressive veil as those who claim to like it) then you should adopt the same attitude when it comes to any other "cultural practice" that you may find abhorrent.


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