phoebe ayers wrote:
On 10/9/07, Dan Rosenthal swatjester@gmail.com wrote:
In 1997 some 52 honor killings were reported in Egypt. The actual figures in all of the countries I've cited are probably much higher because most honor killings go unreported.
Yes, well, there were also 69 murders and 156 rapes in the city of San Francisco alone last year [1], where the WMF is moving to soon; yet the fact that many of these killings are racially and sexually motivated and many of the rapes are intensely brutal has not led to calls that the WMF stay away from the big bad city here for moral reasons. My point: having liberal [2] western values does not directly translate into more safety for the resident or casual visitor; I haven't seen statistics about crime for visitors in Egypt yet.
I've stated that we have a duty to concern ourselves with more than our own safety. Are you disputing this?
Your arguments rely on utilitarianism, yet I'm certain you would reject a society with maximal persecution of the few and minimal crime overall.