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Originally Posted by moeloubani
Obviously I'm not okay with someone being punished for something they had no choice in. And I don't think the punishment is for the actual rape but for getting themselves into the situation (being with strange guys homes etc).
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That is kind of like saying if a girl wears a short skirt she is asking for it. No woman or girl deserves to be raped regardless of what kind of situation they put themselves into and if they do put themselves into a situation where they are alone with a man and they do get raped, the should not be further punished for it.
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Now, I know you have a bad feeling about a child born into that culture. However at the same time, I'm sure there are tons of people out there that have a bad feeling about children born into OUR culture. Does that give them the right to come in and kill us? Of course not! So you are saying children should only be allowed where you say it's okay, but if you say it's not okay then there should be no children allowed there?
Come on man, that's laughable at best. What if the tables were turned, would you be okay with someone saying 'I don't like your culture and I don't think it's fair for babies to be born into it so I'm not going to let you have any babies.'
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While I don't think we should be telling people they can and can't have kids, I just feel sorry for the kids born in places like that. Here in the US if you are born into a very religious family in your early life you have no choice in the matter, you are going to be doing what the family says. But when you become an adult you can choose to walk away from it and live a life you want. That is simply not the case in a lot of middle eastern countries. Still, we can't tell people to not have kids because we don't agree with how they live their lives, I just feel bad for those kids.
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These are people just like me and you, the same as me and you, with the same rights, the same feelings, the same emotions. There is nothing that makes me and you any different than an Afghani, Egyptian or Chinese person as a human. Don't we all deserve the freedom to choose what we want to do without the interference of others?
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We are all human and we do all deserve the freedom to choose what we want in life, but as of right now we don't all have the same rights. Maybe some day that will change. Maybe some day everyone on this planet will have the ability to choose to live however they want and not fear for their lives because of that choice. At the moment that isn't the case, but maybe some day it will be.
All of this, for me, goes back to your original statement that only Americans are intolerant and I think it is pretty clear now that this is not the case. Everyone in this world has some level of intolerance. Some people more than others. Intolerance is a human trait, not an American trait.