Re: old news - but not here

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Brian Loe wrote:

> On 9/12/07, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > > As comparisons between other non-insane countries go, there really
> > > isn't much comparison in this regard. France may have public nude
> > > beaches, but the US does have them as well - they're generally just
> > > private.
> >
> > Um - your public nude beaches are private ...
>
> Yeah, poorly constructed sentence. But, I think you get it...
>
> > The whole point is that the French have a different standard of acceptable
> > public nudity from you Americans. How can you say that's bad?
>
> I don't think its bad - I think we're uptight over here. The French do
> have rules though, don't they? Thats not any different from here.
>
> > And how can
> > you say that it's bad that Iran has a different standard of acceptable
> > public nudity?
>
> Iran's "public nudity" laws only restrict women. And "public nudity"

Same in America. Men can go bare-chested, women can't.

> is a stretch. I think you find it hard to defend Iran on this... :)

Actually, I'm not defending Iran. I think that all religion-based public 
morality systems are suspect, and many of them are awful.
 
> > > Some folks just don't want to see breasts hanging out in public. I
> > > don't understand it, but its the law (most of the time ;).
> >
> > So how come your tolerance doesn't extend to the Iranians not wanting to
> > see exposed female faces in public?
>
> So you think they have free elections and therefore they CHOSE to have
> those laws? If that were the case, I wouldn't have an issue...
 
There you go again. You're assuming that democracy and free elections is 
the best possible system, whereas some folks think that submission to 
God's Laws is the best possible system.

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