My point was in direct response to those here who are perennial chimneys billowing smoke here about liberals this and that while living in foreign lands. They love to bash the “liberal” aspect of the societies they live in. They love to hate the liberal “agenda”. They stand up for and defend the “conservative” values mostly. My point is either extreme is bad. You just need to stand up for whats right. The western values of declaring undeniable basic God given right of life, liberty and happiness.. are what brought you to these lands. Unfortunately if you dont agree with gays, you want to deny them this right when the society has overall has decided and voted for it? On top of that you are comparing their lifestyle with crimes where another human beings rights are violated.
I might disagree with their lifestyle but i stand up for their freedom of choice. Believe in separation of church and state. If that doesnt work for you, quit complaining and move to Pakistan or Saudia Arabia, where supposedly such practices dont take place.
Stopped reading after the bold underlined part.
Same old rhetoric that has been addressed over and over and over again.
So lets do it one more time.
Who is going to decide what's "right"?
You?
No, you can't and you wont decide what's right for me.
Yes, you can decide what's right for YOU - but what's right for YOU may not be right for ME and many OTHERS.
Here is an example, when male females meet in the west, they tend to hug. There is nothing wrong and everything is right about it. Males, in such cases, shake hands.
But in many eastern countries, when male female meet, women tend not to make a physical contact. Not even a hand shake. And males not only hug each other, but kiss each other's cheeks. To them, it's right. And hugging a stranger,/co-worker female is wrong.
So, who is right and who is wrong between these two societies?
No, YOU and I, won't and we can't decide for them.
We can perhaps say that a society which you live in, and local laws of the land tend to decide what's right and what's wrong.
Is this a reasonably agreed upon point?
If yes, lets dig a little deeper.
Let's compare a conservative society and a liberal one. And we are NOT going to prove who is right and who is wrong.
Both societies have free choice as to whichever path they want to follow.
Now,
Conservative societies generally tend to have their moral compass and their right and wrong derived from a religious guideline which then, influences the local laws of the land, and the social norms.
So, for these societies the "right" and "wrong" hardly ever changes. The lines drawn by the religious guidance generally do NOT change over time.
The act of homosexually was wrong 2000 years ago and it's still wrong today. No change.
And even if there is a change in the definition of "right and wrong" in such societies, the change itself is usually very small and takes a long time to take effect.
However, when a society decides that they are going to ignore the religious guidelines and THE PEOPLE will decide what's right and what's wrong THEN, their "rights and wrongs" continuously change over time - as the society "progresses".
For example, in the western or liberal world, the society/majority deemed homosexuality as criminal offense, say a 100 years ago. It was unthinkable and imaginable that homosexuality could be legalized in that era.
But, as the society "progressed" it was slowly "decriminalized".
Further social progression, slowly made it "acceptable"
And now, it's "legalized".
(lol, coming to think of it, what if further "social progression" makes it mandatory upon us? "You must suck another man's ding dong to prove that you have progressed with the society, otherwise you are a stubborn conservative" --- who knows, if this may happen 100 years from now in the liberal world - would you be surprised?)
But lets get back to the point,
In the recent past, pedophilia in the liberal world was, and to some extent still is frown upon and there are laws against it.
However, we have already noticed the indicators that it's going the same way.
There are fluffy terms already popping up for pedos.
MAP: Minor Attracted person
NOP: Non offending pedophiles
AOA: Age of attraction
Now, you may come back and say, I have never heard these terms so I don't believe in them (well,,, good for you!). And you being a liberal supporter may also have an opinion against legalizing pedophilia at this point in time - BUT - when the liberal society progresses, and the new generation of liberals arrive on the scene, say 50 years from now, they WILL push for legalizing pedophilia. They have already tried that once. And that's a start. They will do it again. And again.
But 50 years from now, for conservative societies, the act of homosexuality, incest and pedophilia will still remain wrong.
So, to support my point, when I look at the liberal societies where religious guidance is thrown out of the window and the people decide what's right and what's wrong then- THESE SOCITIES ARE BOUND TO GO ASTRAY - when you scan them with a lens of religious based morality.
You may call it social progression - and good for you!
However, it's a choice they make - and they have the right to do so - but at the end of the day, we will be responsible for our choices.