Am I the only one who does.

I'd be a much more active god, one of those gods you appease rather than want the attention of. This whole 'nice god who loves everyone' is clearly a failure, we need the old fashioned type.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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If it actually causes real damage, then presumably it could be pursued. But nations should really be pragmatic and practical, rather than hysterical and absurd. By all means, arrest them, drive them to the airport, put them on a plane and ban them from the country, but actually arresting them and prosecuting them is absurdly over the top.

Its like Ireland's abortion laws. Utterly absurd kertowing to the Catholic majority, irrespective of the needs of the population and individuals interests.

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Any culture that regards tits, bums and willies as an offence worthy of imprisonment, isn't one worth regarding (I'd go as far as to say any culture that enforces moral guidance on personal behavior, that isn't directly damaging to other people, is flawed).

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Encouraging people in cars to wear seatbelts?

Edited by legaleagle (12 Jun 2015 11.16am)

Encouraging people in cars where they are sitting in the back left seat with no one in front to wear seatbelts?

Edited by legaleagle (12 Jun 2015 11.19am)

Yes,whether or not we encourage people to decrease the risk of killing themselves can be a moral question.But I take your point on the differential between "encouragement" and "enforcement"

Edited by legaleagle (12 Jun 2015 11.22am)

I would fine them and then fly them out.....In today's culture 'shame' for poor behaviour appears to be almost ridiculed so I would insist that any cultural insult should be repaid in reasonable currency....As this is the language the west understands.

This whole case seems to be the result of what you get when you put crass and possibly entitled westerners, who think they can treat everything like a 'product to be consumed', on a holiday in a land with a different cultural mindset.

Similarly, the reaction to this crass and immature behaviour is also a bit backward but silly ideas are allowed everywhere.....To me, they thinking a mountain could be insulted is no more silly than our various religions here thinking than there's an old man in the sky updating a virtual spreadsheet on the rights and wrongs of their moral behaviour.

Prison time is an over-reaction and will damage their tourist trade.....Fine the fools and fly them out.

Edited by Stirlingsays (12 Jun 2015 11.29am)

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