Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes

[perfecxionX 10+ year member]

Leaves a gigantic gray area unexplained, or just is pretty meaningless, considering practically anything could be argued to do harm to others. A man, smoking in the privacy of his own home not exposing it to anyone outside, is risking hurting his future potential children if he has any. Someone who is cheating risks mentally and emotionally harming their victim. Someone who is divorcing risks mentally and emotionally harming eachother as well as the children if there are any. Etc.
Where do we draw the line?

There are certain harms that an individual should be strong enough to shrug off themselves. Obviously we have to constrain ourselves to some degree of reasonableness. But it certainly is not a black and white issue. Often an argument can be made to advance any side. A bad couple who doesn't divorce could just as easily be harming themselves and their children. The point is that it is NOT will of the majority, or simply religious opinion than will differ from person to person. You dont just declare rights, you have to have some sort of basis for them.

Read it yourself.

http://www.bartleby.com/130/

 

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Religous fundamentalist are evil. When they get to run a whole country = teh ****.