I realy begun to belive that good and evil is relative when I heard this little story, I dont remember completly how it went, bt it was somthing like this.
A American hobby Christian and a Saudi Arabian muslim fundementalist met in the park. The two men got talking and soon the conversation turned to their wifes. "I love my women wery mutch." Said the Arabian man. "So I make sure they stay virturus, obey me and wear their vails, and if they stray from the path, I beat them." The American was shooked. "How can you do that to somone, and women as in several. I to love my wife wery mutch, I give her the space she need to be herself, love her and kiss her, and next month I am buying her a car so she can more easy get to her work." The Arabian looked at the American in utter horror. "How can you be so evil to your wife." He says. "As to let her stray from what is true and good, do you not love her, you must be evil." The American answer in kind. "No, no it is you that are evil, to keep more than one wife, restrict their freedom and even beat them, you do not love your wifes you must be evil." And they spend the rest of the day arguing who of them was evil.
Now one man was evil from the other`s perspective and while I personaly can quite clearly say who I agree whit, I dont think that one of them is more universialy right than the other.
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