Quote: (02-21-2014 08:51 AM)Benoit Wrote:
Quote: (02-21-2014 07:36 AM)Sp5 Wrote:
I'll take freedom. What's worse, a slightly annoying pussy riot, or government thugs whipping anyone they don't like?
What's worse, the society that created Lindy West or a society that creates slim feminine women?
Why can't different places do things differently? It's a natural experiment to determine which method produces a better result for their civilisation.
Ever heard the phrase "Spare the rod, spoil the child"?
Europeans tend to be more used to living under random authoritarian control, I realize that.
You're right, the Russians can choose what they like, if they "like" getting whipped when they "get out of line" by being odd. For myself, I choose free countries.
But it's not like every woman in the USA is like Lindy West and every woman in Russia is like Anna Kournikova, even if I accept your dubious cause - effect relationship between arbitrary violent authoritarianism and female body mass index.