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by Crystal Spires » Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:11 pm
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by Grossprussia » Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:37 am
by Crystal Spires » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:33 am
Grossprussia wrote:The Democratic People's Republic of Grossprussia is curious about the rather vague phrase "Right of Customs". That could theoretically protect such things as "honor killings" and human sacrifice. We think that your organization needs to use more precise language. One can sometimes take multi-culturalism a bit too far.
, Minister of Foreign Affairs
To: the Nation of Grossprussia,
From:The Beastling States of Crystal SpiresEncryption Level:None
Code: NoneDr. Hans Drucker,
You have posed a fantastic question, and I will try to answer this question as clearly as I am able. My personal stand is that we are justified to judge cultures by their own merits, and even are compelled to INTERVENE if the life or dignity of a sentient being is infringed upon for whatever reasoning, and this right takes precedent over custom. This is the flow of my reasoning:
Even if people live in different frames of reality and cultural relativism is factual, there is a common binding factor that makes us all sapient which is our common desire to pursue happiness, and to avoid suffering and dissatisfaction. there must be mutual respect first in this understanding and inflicting of suffering upon another sentient being done in greed, hatred, or ignorance is what arouses anger in us, and when we see life and dignity of a sentient being infringed upon we are compelled to act.
When we observe and practice customs, a primary drive to sentient beings in an organized society which hurts certain members of that society is to keep an understanding of two important ideas which come into conflict: humane concerns versus cultural relativity. I would say that the former trumps the latter, because the whole point of being culturally sensitive stemmed from concerns about being humane in the first place. It was precisely to AVOID oppression disguised as culture. While is it certainly true that we don't want to become judgmental or attack people because of customs, we must also be careful to remember we are to be humane first and foremost.
Of course there are many grey areas, such as "Who can determine conditions to activate any intervention/judgment?" and "What are those conditions?" and this is where we become key players, debates will arise as to when to act and when not to act, and our legitimacy of acting as moral arbiters may come into question, but we have to remember that this is a quorum that promotes freedom and Equality, and if a custom is oppressive it is counter to our Raison d'être, and thus not protected.
I hope this clears that up,
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by Yorobia » Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:34 am
Crystal Spires wrote:"Also stepping away from the anti-communists for a moment, we must also discuss the speciesist elements. At the moment the groups that are targeted the most are ponies, but it is strange that lately there has been no calls for their eradication lately by states or governments. This concerns us because we do know that they're still in great danger worldwide. Either there is less bans of ponyism and also of the sapient equines in question, or the murders have been pushed out of the public eye, done covertly under the eye of the law. It has also come to our attention that many socialist governments have taken it upon themselves to ban the religion of Ponyism, and one we suspect has taken nonhumans and performed experimentation1 upon them. We do not have enough information to prove these claims yet but we suspect the Nation of New Freedomstan is committing illegal experimentation on nonhuman life forms and we have agreed to investigate them with Coalition of Ponyist State's help." Maven said as he sipped his tea and then put another sugar cube in.1. Like Mengele meets animal experiementation
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