I have no dispute with you saying fundamental human rights to each and every person but I'm not seeing how that is implemented in practice in France.
Human rights should quite rightly over-ride religious or cultural traditions that cause oppression or indignity to individuals - the UK does not attempt to turn a blind eye or allow violations of human rights such as the examples you offer. So we are saying the same thing about human rights but go about implementing that in different ways. Ad astra per aspera
It reminds me of an Indian cartoonist book on the "third eye's view" :-)
Human rights were designed by occidental prone people - in enlighten times - The Afghan problem diary, here on ET, mentions that "viewpoint" siding... And that's the trouble. You can live well in a completely different cultural world, if you believe fully in it, in it's goals (religious or not). The everyday emotions would be the same... So why should we change them???
Is it because of immigration overload? Why is there in the first place? Why would I go to another country, live there, take the nationality ? Surely it must be, because either I feel it's freer system then mine, or it's because I'll have more money... In one case I came for the values in the other for the value... Maybe not exactly the same thing! :-) (ok, it's late)!
It is really an important but difficult point... And it's hard to have an external viewpoint ! :-) "What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
