If we cant give people freedom for the sake of the principle, then lets at least give them freedom for the sake of our own selfish ends.
Giving people freedom to dress in whatever way they see fit is actually very good for everybody; even Christians, "African Culture people", and dare I say ..... Muslims. Let me explain:
For the last few weeks there have been several incidents in Nairobi where women get roughed up, and even stripped naked ....... reason being, they were dressed "indecently".
Now, am a very liberal guy. But I actually do understand what these guys are trying to say:
Staring at boobs and thighs in the middle of the day when you are trying to get stuff done is quite distracting.
Are we supposed to be horny 24/7?
But here is what am thinking; the people who publicly humiliated "indecent" women not only expressed themselves in a poor way, but they actually ended up depriving themselves of a very valuable resource. And by resource I don't mean naked thighs ..... I mean data/ information.
Data? What data?
"Personality type" data, and "Psychological status" data ...... Let me clarify:
Christians and Muslims want to go to heaven. And follower of "African culture" want to live in a virgin land where people live partly like animals (is that what African Culture is?). Anyway, either way in the equation, there is a utopia where people live happily ever after.
But wait! There is a catch in all the utopias concept! Everyone has to go through "Judgement" before they can enter heaven. Judgement is meant to weed out "undesirables". And how are these undesirable identified? ..... through their "deeds". Which basically translates into "people get judged based on their actions, plus the effects of their actions".
A lawyer would point out an interesting fact: ..... before you get judged, you must have at least ACTED at one time in an HONEST way that can be used to gauge who you are. No action means inability to judge. No one can judge someone who has done completely nothing; good or bad ...... I guess its the reason "God" invented "freewill". And its also the reason "children" get to have a free pass to heaven (based on "Holy books").
Anyway. This brings me to the reason am writing this:
Just like "God", we humans need DATA for us to be able to judge fellow humans......... And for us to be able to judge people, we would need them to act in an "honest" manner that is true to their "basic nature" or their current state of mind. .......We need people to have freedom to reveal who they are, and thereafter we can make decisions using "good data".
And why would we want to be judging people? ....... A better question would be, why not? ..... We judge people so we can know who to become friends with, who to marry and procreate with, who has the necessary skills to deliver on particular tasks, and also just to build a mental database of who is who ..... for our stereotyping needs. Judging people is built into our basic nature. We cant help it. I guess it is one of those ways in which we are in the image of God.
Anyway, back to the point: to make judgement we need accurate information.
If we imposed one dress-code, and speech-code to everyone, then everyone would look the same and talk the same. Thus everyone would be like a chameleon; blending into the background and not revealing their true colors. Now how would society benefit from that? A killer would look and talk exactly like a priest. A conman would look exactly like a real leader/ businessman. Everyone would look the same and the whole system would turn to shit as it ate itself from inside out, ....... seeing as it would be impossible to know who is who, and what goes where.
Now what about a "free" society where women are allowed to wear mini-skirts, make-up, and talk shit to their heart's content. Would it be a horrible society? .... I don't know.... What I know is that it would be a honest society where we can easily know who is who, and what goes where.
Example: You are a promiscuous guy looking for a one night stand. Your version of heaven involves having sex with seven young women. .......What to do? ...... Easy! ..... spot the scantily dressed women with excess make-up, who are begging for attention from men. Give them strategic attention, and in return you get sex ..... heaven!
What if you are a "serious" guy who likes "serious" women? ...... What to do?!..... Easy! ....... keep an eye out for women who have at least two thirds of their bodies covered; including neck, elbows, thighs and knees (meaning: protective of self, not a supporter of full disclosure), with clean+ironed clothes of fashion that is at least 40yrs back. Plus hair would be all natural - clean and combed/ trimmed; non of that purchased Indian hair or horses tails ...... you would sit with her, talk philosophy, business, and any other important shit .......perhaps at some point she would bend over (in a dark bedroom at night), you would deposit some sperms into her for purposes of procreation (preferably after you sign a document proclaiming that you own one another, forever)....... heaven!
As you can see there are different versions of heaven (nobody actually knows the details of the "one true heaven"), and most of them are actually capable of co-existing side by side. And people could actually be able to walk back and forth between one heaven and another.
In the end "bad apples" like killers, liars, thieves, rapists, ET c end up showing their true colors and we can identify them and act accordingly.
In the end even if that mini-skirt offends you ..... you should just learn to give it a blind eye ..... and only see people dressed in whatever way you want. ...... as a matter of fact our senses normally absorb lots of information on a second-by-second basis, but we only normally process a tiny fraction of the data based on our needs and mindsets at the moment.
In the end you will find that you will mostly end up with people who behave in accordance with your "heaven" ....... rather than picking wolf in sheep skin 80% of the time (which is what would happen in a pretend, "lets force everyone to be the same" society).
The FREEDOM of that lady to wear that mini-skirt then becomes your tool to build your heaven! Amazing how it all fits together?!
Besides if ever you get super horny and want to cross to the other side, they would be there. All you need is to change your mindset and viola! Another heaven opens up ...... you can engage in debauchery with honest people in that heaven, and when you get tired you just go back to your "home heaven" (if they will accept you back - forgiveness!).
It all works together quite nicely, if only we can leave "it" alone.
So, the point is: Imposing your narrow standards on people not only harms other people, but also harms you. Live and let live, and let everyone be honest to themselves. Diversity is a blessing, and maybe one day you would need the type of person that the other side represents.
Even peaceful countries need a few killers to protect them from enemies. Even though we may not want killers to do "their thing" on a daily basis near where we stay with our loved ones. But if we kill all killers, then who will kill for us when we need a killer?
Let the ladies who want mini-skirts wear them, and let the bui-bui wearers also be. Let everyone be honest, so we can know who is who, and who goes where.
If you cant respect the lady for who she is at least respect her for your own selfish needs. Her personality traits are most definitely good for something, even if you don't know what that usefulness may be at the time. After all, her genes survived through the ages for a reason (or "God" created her that way for a reason - so don't change God's work).
Lets all be honest. Live and let live.
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