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Didn't say you did, Poirot. It was framed as a question.
And I am certainly not saying that the Enlightenment was all sweetness and light, perfect and unimproveable. Somewhere above, I suggested it was a long-term and unfinished project. I should have added that it was world-wide, with many, many societies contributing to it - that it wasn't and isn't by any means only a Western invention. After all, in what universe should only 'Western' women have equal rights with 'Western' men ? Shouldn't equality be a universal rights ? Should the impartiality of a legal system apply to all within a jurisdiction, equality before the law ?
Or do you actually believe that - in some societies, because after all, it's part of their 'culture' - women should walk five paces behind their fathers/ big brothers/ husbands, eyes cast down ? After all, it's 'cultural' ? Is that it ?
Simple questions, Poirot, not assertions, or mis-quotes.
Here's another one: Should there be a separation of church/mosque/temple and State ? Yes ? No ?
i.e. should we go back to the twelfth century ? Or should we keep working to try to remove the remnants of 'church' in the workings of the State, to the extent that there still are any ? Should we keep trying to improve the lot of our fellow-humans, male and female, by exposing reactionary philosophies where we see the, and refusing to allow them to influence our legal system, in the slightest ?
There are NO neutrals, Poirot. Which path - progress or reaction - do we choose ? It's one world, and we're all in the same boat. If you don't want to be, then stop putting your oar in. Remain an observer.
Cheers,
Joe
:)