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Yzarc	Nov 17 2008, 07:24 PM
Coxian Posts: 3,432 Group: Veteran Member #308 Joined: July 8, 2005	Wind Sword I don't mean to suggest that the Islamic system is better, but at least they HAVE a system, other than make it up as you go, which seems to be the Western system. I think a good moderate example would be Turkey. Turkey is democratic, with freedom of religion and speech and all that jazz. Constitutionally, their state is separate from the church. But that doesn't stop them from enacting 9/10 of Islamic law. They realize that it's a tried and true method that 90% of the population can agree on. What? So it's better to have a system set in stone, even if it's a bullshit, archaic, arbitrary and other words with negative connotations system? The western world used to have a system like that, big guy. And it sucked ass. Morality is a made up thing by leaders of various societies and, in early days, religion (since the two went hand in hand, mostly due to lack of understanding of the world and universe) to keep the masses in place and maintain the status quo. The leaders liked the status quo, because they were in power, and the world revolves around power. From race to gender to class to every single relationship you have, there is an issue of power. Because of this, the so-called decline of morality is no big issue to me. I don't think it's that today's people don't have any morals that cause our social problems. On the contrary, social problems today are not nearly as bad as they were a hundred years ago. I think the main thing that causes social problems is the perpetuation of power stratification by those in power.


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