Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post

So answer this, which is the logical follow-on from your reasoning:


  • Who is to say what values are right or wrong in any particular country or culture, if not the citizens of that country, or their government?
  • On what authority should another country have the ultimate say? Biggest army? Most widespread culture? Most moral or religious country? Most ideologically pure country?
  • Which country in your view is the ultimate authority on what's right or wrong for other countries?
  • Which country should shut up and change their laws and culture to comply?
  • Or are you saying that every country start issuing judgement on all other countries with different cultures or values to themselves?
1. This one's incorrect, because in civilized countries every person is entitled to having their own system of values that can be different as much as they like from what might be offered by the government, etc., as long as it's ok with the law;

2. A country can do that provided:

a) There's a real problem indeed in the country that's being decided on;
b) The country that decides is flawless in the matter it's taking a decision about;
c) The country that decides can reasonably ensure carrying out its decision on the offender country;

3. See items b) & c) of item #2

4. See item a) of item #2

5. See items ##2-4