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NYAhamadi,
"Cheating" is an issue that has more to do with Morality and is not a crime in a legal sense (in some countries Adultery is a crime, in some it is not). Not to say that it somehow makes it "less painful". I agree with you (Deepblue) that it is painful for the person who gets hurt. By making it a crime does not make the "Hurty" party any more or any less Hurt.<
Putting someone in jail who assaulted a person due to personal differences, doesn't make that assaulted person healthier or weaker.
You picked a wrong example. Adultery is a crime, since it can (and does) hurt (just like an assault) people other than the two consenting adults.
If you were talking about pre-marital sex, that'd be a morality issue, rather than being a crime.
This is what I tried to write in my one-line reply :)
[This message has been edited by deepblue (edited May 20, 1999).]
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NYAhmadi,
Actually, in those countries, death by stoning is punishment for Adultery, not pre-marital sex.
Coming back to topic......
How do you define a legal crime by the way ? Does a person have to be physically or monetarily hurt or damaged in some way ? Because in US, even a verbal assault is crime, punishable by law. Or assaults such as throwing a punch that may not even leave a mark or hurt the person. And if getting hurt is the requirement of legal crime, then I know people getting hurt (much deeper and for a longer phase, sometimes even physically) because of their partner having an affair.
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I find my self in complete agreement with Mr Ahmedi. The legislation of morality is not a grey issue as some would have us beleive.
The apologists and drawing room intellectuals will point out the "thin lines that seperate" governance and morality. And they can do that in comfort of Persian carpets and Leather Bound Britanicas for all I care.
It is simply indecent and primitive if goverment officials wish to scrutinize my sex life to fullfil their fetishes under the cover of Legality.
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