Originally Posted by nation-x

Yes... I was describing relativism... and I clarified my post. Everything is NOT relative in the sense that one can easily discern the morality of an action taken by someone of a different culture that just doesn't make any logical sense and is based purely on the stupidity of tradition, religious or otherwise. For example, it's pretty stupid to sentence a young woman to cane lashing for being raped purely because she spoke with her rapist before the crime was committed. Similarly, it is beyond the pale that parents would cut off the ears and nose of a girl for speaking to boys or for any other reason for that matter.