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Ringsea He Who Got Gud from Fly-Over Country,USA Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
He Who Got Gud
#1: Mar 29th 2013 at 8:41:39 PM

Essentially, nearly every country has agreed to follow the UN Declaration of Human Rights and its guidelines, but there are some who say they can abuse rights in the name of their culture.

Can they, morally or legally?

[I would say no, because if they agreed not to rape people, they can't forcibly marry and then have sex with the unwilling partner under any sort of guideline. However, it is true the rights were written with Western values.]

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