Post by BTR1701Post by Darrel KnutsonPost by BTR1701I dislike any culture that imposes religion as a matter of law and treats
people like property for no other reason than their lack of a penis.
That nicely describes the cultural imperialism of Western countries for
the past 500+ years.
But not my current culture. My culture has no state-mandated
misogynistic religion, and my girlfriend is not my property.
Wow, I never thought of that, except I did.
Post by BTR1701Post by Darrel KnutsonWhat part of that history are you forgetting?
Nothing. I also know it all happened centuries before I was born and
therefore had nothing to do with me.
Centuries ago? You continue to demonstrate an active dislike of those
different from you, so I guess history must be repeating itself instead
of just continuing on one logically explained timeline.
Post by BTR1701Post by Darrel KnutsonHeck, my great grandmother could't vote until she was in her 40s. That
was not long so ago.
Had nothing to do with me.
I never said it did. It was meant as a general example to back up my
argument.
Post by BTR1701You see, we got better. Islam-dominated countries have not. In fact,
they've gotten worse. I lived in Saudi Arabia in the 1970s and Riyadh
was a cosmopolitan city whose only real restriction on women was that
they couldn't drive cars. But there were no burkhas, no religious
police, no stonings and hangings for being in the presence of unmarried
males or for having the bad luck to be raped. Women could go wherever
they wanted without having to have male chaperones and they could wear
whatever they liked in public, etc.
Now it's a medieval nightmare.
And apparently you think there is no possibility of change for the
better, like letting women drive cars of something silly like that.
Maybe I should give you a few examples of what it used to be like in
other countries so you can see that progress is being made. Oh, wait. I
already did that.
To my knowledge, you have never, ever made a positive proposal or
suggested any idea to improve the situation that would be acceptable to
me and others. Simple assertions as if they are fact and that nothing
can be done except live in fear of others are hardly solutions.
Post by BTR1701Post by Darrel KnutsonYou also put them all into one nifty little basket that in reality is
much more complex than a simple scan of Fox News. You ascribe the
behavior of dictactors to whole populations.
Every poll taken of the populace of Muslim countries shows an 80-90%
approval for and desire for government-by-religion. It's not just the
leaders that like religion-by-force. And the religion in question
considers women to be property.
Post by Darrel KnutsonIt was not all that long ago that the Western world was virtually the
same.
Yes, it was long ago.
You don't watch the news apparently. See Trump? He's making America
Grape Again.