Two Indian girls, 23 and 15, ordered to be raped by town council because brother eloped

We can make cheap shots about other countries being 'backward' but in Britain it's acceptable and legal to mutilate a baby boy in the name of religion! Imagine if that was reported in another country. "Barbaric foreigners chop off parts of children for their own religious gratification!" There would be outrage.

Should we respect other cultures even when it conflicts with our own or do we have a duty to change them? It's a moral minefield. Do we go round 'correcting' everyone we share the planet with or accept that they will treat people appallingly because that's what they believe in?
 
masterwig said:
We can make cheap shots about other countries being 'backward' but in Britain it's acceptable and legal to mutilate a baby boy in the name of religion! Imagine if that was reported in another country. "Barbaric foreigners chop off parts of children for their own religious gratification!" There would be outrage.

Should we respect other cultures even when it conflicts with our own or do we have a duty to change them? It's a moral minefield. Do we go round 'correcting' everyone we share the planet with or accept that they will treat people appallingly because that's what they believe in?
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An innocent 15 year old girl has been sentenced to gang rape as punishment for someone else's supposed 'crime' in 2015. Does the question even need to be asked?
 
masterwig said:
We can make cheap shots about other countries being 'backward' but in Britain it's acceptable and legal to mutilate a baby boy in the name of religion! Imagine if that was reported in another country. "Barbaric foreigners chop off parts of children for their own religious gratification!" There would be outrage.

Should we respect other cultures even when it conflicts with our own or do we have a duty to change them? It's a moral minefield. Do we go round 'correcting' everyone we share the planet with or accept that they will treat people appallingly because that's what they believe in?
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Whether you agree with it or not religious circumcision as well as non-religious circumcision is legal and practiced in most countries in the world. Can you name any country where rape is an acceptable sentence for someone else's perceived crime. It's not legally acceptable even in the country where it happened! Do you think we should respect the culture of the people who passed this sentence when even most of their own countrymen don't?
 
masterwig said:
We can make cheap shots about other countries being 'backward' but in Britain it's acceptable and legal to mutilate a baby boy in the name of religion! Imagine if that was reported in another country. "Barbaric foreigners chop off parts of children for their own religious gratification!" There would be outrage.

Should we respect other cultures even when it conflicts with our own or do we have a duty to change them? It's a moral minefield. Do we go round 'correcting' everyone we share the planet with or accept that they will treat people appallingly because that's what they believe in?
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Yes we can make cheap shots about rape being used as a punishment for someone else's crime. That we can do.
 
Chancy Termites said:
Was thinking about a Jaguar for my next car. This has put me off. Think I'll stick to European and Japanese brands.
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Hmmm. And the Germans and Japanese have such good recent historical records! You would prefer not to buy a car designed and built in Britain, by British workers because of the nationality of the current ultimate owner?......

FF
 
I see the upwards of £200 million per year that we've been giving to India in foreign aid up until this year has not had the desired effect.Hmm, wonder where it's all gone?
 
bucks said:
I see the upwards of £200 million per year that we've been giving to India in foreign aid up until this year has not had the desired effect.Hmm, wonder where it's all gone?
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They've spent billions on spacemen. Can't help thinking they should focus more on ensuring all their local government functionaries act like proper human beings first.
 
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