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If I entered Saudi Arabia knowingly that my hands will be lopped off for stealing, and still steal anyway, then I was a damned fool for deciding to steal in the first place.
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Well, i don't think there are thieves anywhere, who wake up one morning and decide to go to Saudi Arabia to steal a bread, or whatever. But it's a little different if you're a native and are among those hundreds of thousands who live in poverty, below any human decency. First the government keeps them poor, and then when they try to steal something to feed their families, they cut off their hands, or worse. Don't you see anything wrong in this picture ?
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Not approving of another country's law is one thing, everybody has their own opinions, but expecting said country to disregard their own laws just because they do not coincide with another country's laws is also not in good taste, in my personal opinion.
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But we can at least try to make them change their laws, threaten with sanctions if they don't adjust. It's not that your law is waterproof or anything. How many people fell victim to your law, because someone unknown to them hid drugs in their suitcases just before getting on a plane ?
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When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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If that includes having sex with my own sister, then no thank you. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
[ 11-28-2005, 10:13 AM: Message edited by: johnny ]