"Immodest" woman beaten up by the Modesty Guard

[woad&fangs]

The muslims refuse to be outdone by the evil Jews.

edit: linked to a better article

[Adrian II]

The muslims refuse to be outdone by the evil Jews.

Sigh. At least Sikh fanatics mainly kill each other. I wish other religions would copy their example.

[PanzerJaeger]

The muslims refuse to be outdone by the evil Jews.

Was there ever any question?

[HoreTore]

It's a repression of sex, pure and simple. But why on earth anyone can label something as good as sex a sin is beyond me...

I get theft, murder, lying etc... But why on earth would anyone want to stop people having sex? I've never been able to figure that one out...

[PanzerJaeger]

It's a repression of sex, pure and simple. But why on earth anyone can label something as good as sex a sin is beyond me...

There were many social concerns that led to sexual regulation within religion and culture which largley become irrelevant due to reliable birth control, only to make a come-back with the rise of HIV and other nasty STDs. There was a period right after the Pill came out but before AIDS hit where Free Love was a viable concept, or so I'm told...

[Adrian II]

It's a repression of sex, pure and simple. But why on earth anyone can label something as good as sex a sin is beyond me...

I think it's fear. Fear of women, fear of uncontrollable emotions. In a healthy environment young people learn to deal with these. In a Christian or Muslim environment they are repressed, vilified, thwarted, and obstructed by taboos in various ways and to various degress, resulting in irrational fear and eventually in hatred for that which is ill-understood and therefore ever threatening. It's what makes the Navaroses of this world pathetic and dangerous at the same time.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Well I'm not filled with hate, and I don't think women should need to sit on the opposite side of a bus from men. Should women be segregated just because someone claiming to be religious gets over-exited from sitting next to a woman?

If you are a good Christian/Jew/Muslim then you should not even be in such as state of mind and should not blame your weakness in the face of temptation on others. Should respectable women have to live in fear that they might tempt some hormonal zealot, and have their lives organised around avioding them?

The real answer from a religious point of view is not to attempt to remove or hide anything that can lead to sin, but to overcome temptation. That will always be a factor in this world, and you've just got to get over it. As a 'religious nutter', are any of these ideas going to have a drastic affect on society? Or take away peoples freedom?

[Adrian II]

Well I'm not filled with hate, and I don't think women should need to sit on the opposite side of a bus from men.

But you have the same irrational attitude about sex. You stated that children should never, ever be confronted with it, as if sex were some sort of lethal trap, a source of untold horror and misery instead of a source of joy and fulfillment. Maybe you are not that rigid, but from what you wrote it seems that you have the makings of a fanatic.

[Rhyfelwyr]

But you have the same irrational attitude about sex. You stated that children should never, ever be confronted with it, as if sex were some sort of lethal trap, a source of untold horror and misery instead of a source of joy and fulfillment. Maybe you are not that rigid, but from what you wrote it seems that you have the makings of a fanatic.

Attitudes like that are hardly related to religion these days. Just standard strict parents.

[Tribesman]

But why on earth anyone can label something as good as sex a sin is beyond me...

Because life isn't supposed to be good , if you are enjoying yourelf then you must be doing something evil .
Even the most righteous must be saved from this temptation , which is why a ban on naked arms must be enforced because the good people would waste their god given energy pulling themselves off at the sight of uncovered meat .