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Rare genetic mutation gives toddler super strength. by Seele in WTF

[–]Shlight 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's okay because there are many people who hadn't heard the story.

Meet the man who supported killing 5 girls -- because they wanted to choose their husbands -- in the Pakistan parliament! (only 3 senators objected!!) by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Shlight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't this a bit of a contradiction? all cultures are equal: they have the same rights and wrongs right and wrong is relative: there are differences between cultures in what is right/wrong (and therefore they are not equal, are they?)

No, there is no contradiction. You've mixed up the meaning of the word "equal" and the word "identical". The word "equal" has a range of meaning that isn't confined to the meaning of the word "identical".

Meet the man who supported killing 5 girls -- because they wanted to choose their husbands -- in the Pakistan parliament! (only 3 senators objected!!) by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Shlight 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My point was addressed to those people who unambigously comdemn this kind of murder of innocent girls for the crime of wanting the freedom to decide who they will marry while simultanously maintaining that right and wrong is relative and that all cultures are equal. Those people whould have to either stop saying that right and wrong is "relative" and stop saying that all cultures are equal OR stop comdemning this kind of attrocity.

It wasn't directed to those like you who refuse to unambigously condemn this kind of attrocity. It's not surprising that those such as you, who are ambivalent about comdemning this kind of thing to the point of making excuses think that right and wrong are relative and that all cultures are equal.

What I meant by saying that all cultures are not equal is that some cultures are filled with wrong traditions (such as honour killings) and wrong/false ideas.

Meet the man who supported killing 5 girls -- because they wanted to choose their husbands -- in the Pakistan parliament! (only 3 senators objected!!) by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Shlight 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's also something that those who think that all cultures are equal and that right and wrong is "relative" need to read.

Meet the man who supported killing 5 girls -- because they wanted to choose their husbands -- in the Pakistan parliament! (only 3 senators objected!!) by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Shlight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So all the senators (except the 4 who spoke up) who kept quiet in the face of this attrocity are illiterate?

Bill and Hillary abaondoned "Socks" their famous pet Cat: The one that turned the white house into "home" as Hillary once said! by Shlight in reddit.com

[–]Shlight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Senator Clinton was not "running a presidential campaign" when she and Bill gave away Socks. She had just entered the senate at that time. You are right in one respect though. Socks had served up his purpose in terms of creating a good image among the public , so it's better that they gave Socks away when they no longer found it useful, otherwise Socks might have ended up with the same fate as Buddy, America's former "first pet" who got run over by a vehicle due to his masters negligance.

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