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Of course, I never said that just because a nation is influenced by strong codes of morality does not mean no one would ever commit a crime. I even bet you can find some Shaolin Monks who are total creeps or child molesters; just an unfounded example but one none the less.
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2013-02-24, 06:16 | Link #26683 |
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Insight: Spiral of Karachi killings widens Pakistan's sectarian divide
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...91N00G20130224
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2013-02-24, 08:56 | Link #26684 | |
I disagree with you all.
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The case in question was a slight outlier in brutality, but it was more a case of straw breaking a camel's back than something truly unheard of. That's my point: just because a country say it's honorable and pious, just because its inhabitants go to mass or temple or whatever, it doesn't mean they're especially more trustworthy as anywhere else. Conversely, just because a country is secular and, shall we say, modern, doesn't mean its people aren't honest and kind. |
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2013-02-24, 09:11 | Link #26685 |
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Let's examine the dear old country of Ireland, until recently the most Catholic country in the world. Our country was the very picture of piety, everyone went to mass every week, and our priests were all esteemed citizens.
Turns out, priests were molesting children, and the Church hierarchy, oh so honourable and pious, just hushed the whole thing up. If a priest molested children, they'd just bundle him off to another parish... |
2013-02-24, 09:31 | Link #26686 | |
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And to add to Don's example (just saw this recently on the news), the Catholic-run Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, a supposed haven for abused/poor women etc, ended up being little than a slave camp with rampant physical and mental abuse. |
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2013-02-24, 11:43 | Link #26687 | |
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If these women are to be virtuous again, penance is necessary! Only then can you appreciate the example set by our holy mother... |
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2013-02-24, 11:44 | Link #26688 |
Kurumada's lost child
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Actually no... There was little looting and social unrest during Japan's 2011 earthquake for example. Do I claim that there is no theft and corruption in that country? Of course not, but human beings are products of their environments. The culture in Japan reinforces a taboo against theft and other "dishonorable" practices.
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2013-02-24, 14:06 | Link #26689 | |
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2013-02-24, 16:19 | Link #26692 | |
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But yea, as a whole, I do believe humanity has become more tolerant in the modern age. |
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2013-02-24, 16:23 | Link #26693 | ||
NYAAAAHAAANNNNN~
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10 years down the road, and you might probably say the same thing because you were not as young and wanted as before. When things change from a personal perspective, it takes time for people to adjust to it. Others it takes some form of "enlightenment". The question is when it will come. Quote:
Such rejection often has their own reasons - if we are to wholly tolerate public display of affection between males, we would have dirty-minded and perverted rotten girls running amok in society encouraging the defiling of innocence of their own peers. Then where would purity go?
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2013-02-24, 16:26 | Link #26694 | |
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Furthermore, when I am cynical, I can easily argue that the "tolerance" of today is just another form of immorality that uses a mask to hide its true nature. That's how flimsy the entire "when a period was moral" discussion is. |
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2013-02-24, 23:06 | Link #26695 |
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Hey guys, guess what!? I just cleaned out thirty posts of stupid arguing! It was fantastic! I love dealing with this kind of stuff! Please, do it more!
On second thought, don't. And knock off the attitudes. You all fail at it. Thread opened.
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2013-02-24, 23:14 | Link #26697 | |
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Park Geun-hye sworn in as South Korea president
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2013-02-25, 06:26 | Link #26700 | |
NYAAAAHAAANNNNN~
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South Korea's new president demands North drop nuclear ambitions
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