tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421975.post114352850171554352..comments2023-09-21T02:40:09.514-05:00Comments on View from the Corner: Earth in the 21st CenturyMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06090852893009703643noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421975.post-1144162208564750632006-04-04T09:50:00.000-05:002006-04-04T09:50:00.000-05:00Yeah, I know. Our culture does some pretty terribl...Yeah, I know. Our culture does some pretty terrible things to women too, though. Makes 'em feel worthless if they don't look like porn stars, makes 'em feel cheap if they do. Makes 'em anorexic or obese. Makes 'em single mothers. Leaves 'em high and dry.<BR/><BR/>Sure, you and I would choose our culture with its faults over theirs, but we've got to be prepared to believe that many Arab or Persian or Afghan or Indonesian women might prefer the cultures they grew up in. Not all of them. But probably a lot. It's not just the men who look at us as invaders.<BR/><BR/>I'm just saying... Americans should try to understand what these people are fighting for.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090852893009703643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421975.post-1144108102211577722006-04-03T18:48:00.000-05:002006-04-03T18:48:00.000-05:00Remember that the "way of life" you respect being ...Remember that the "way of life" you respect being preserved includes swathing women in full-body burkas, denying them education, and forcing them into marriages with much older relatives. <BR/><BR/>Pyracantha at ELECTRON BLUEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421975.post-1143673435935519052006-03-29T17:03:00.000-06:002006-03-29T17:03:00.000-06:00maybe I should have said: "this way of life" is no...maybe I should have said: "this way of life" is not necessarily incompatible with basic respect...<BR/><BR/>sxrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421975.post-1143672937326692512006-03-29T16:55:00.000-06:002006-03-29T16:55:00.000-06:00"this way of life" is not necessary exclusive of b..."this way of life" is not necessary exclusive of basic respect for human rights and the establishment of a democratic process. however, it is incompatible with a normative liberal tradition that would vanquish all religion and culture from the public square, replacing it with a "neutral" Rawlsian veil of ignorance. George Weigel--a "neocon" to some--keeps insisting that we will never see democracy flourish in Muslim countries if we expect them to privatize their religion and become Rawlsian liberals. We need to attempt to reconcile liberal democracy with orthodox religious traditions. The catholic church has been so far the most successful of the great religions in reconciling itself with liberal democracy while at the same time not capitulating to its demands for public "neutrality".<BR/><BR/>sxrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com