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There are many peninsulas owned by rich people. Of course they get to decide who can enter. Are you against that as well?
Oh very much so.
If not, where do you draw the line? Is a private villa acceptable? A private golf course? A hill? A small island?
Can I decide who enters my 220 square meters apartment?
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Oh very much so.
Are you against private property all together? If not, where do you draw the line? Is a private villa acceptable? A private golf course? A hill? A small island? Can I decide who enters my 220 square meters apartment?
The concept IS NOT to exclude women, the idea was to move to the most distant place possible, and to live a life far away from society, love, sex, etc. - something everybody should respect. These people living there dont want to harm anybody, and there's no reason to "go there an visit them" or to do any bizarre "feminist" actions (which happen quite often there). Intention matters. [repost as my comment was deleted…
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One of the bad aspects of religions are such restrictions that have no base whatsoever. If we omit this anachronism, Agion Oros, as it's commonly called in Greece, is a nice place to visit (Christian men only) with an unspoiled environment and peaceful way of living. It's common for many Greeks to visit at least once this special place (something like Hajj/Hadji), but in recent times this has been declining. There ar…
You're a victim of the biases and presumptions of your own egalitarian culture. There is a basis. Men and women are different and sexually complementary. One obvious reason is that the sexual tension and constant presence of people of the opposite sex (female orders exclude men also) and subsequent temptation and stirred concupiscence can be a distraction to the spiritual life. But the tendency for sex segregation oc…
I don't particularly want to ban you, but you've been doing this so consistently that I don't think we have much choice, especially since this problem has been going on for years:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24256558 (Aug 2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21368015 (Oct 2019)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16494736 (March 2018)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16349201 (Feb 2018)
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Are you against private property all together? If not, where do you draw the line? Is a private villa acceptable? A private golf course? A hill? A small island? Can I decide who enters my 220 square meters apartment?
I'm against the super rich, I think tax brackets on the high end should be much higher.
My question is: where do you draw the line?
Can someone own a 300 sq meters house? A castle? A golf course? A small island?
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I'm against the super rich, I think tax brackets on the high end should be much higher.
That’s not the point, you told me that you are not fine with a whole peninsula being owned by the same entity. My question is: where do you draw the line? Can someone own a 300 sq meters house? A castle? A golf course? A small island?
I also just don't like the church, so there's double the hate at a super rich church.
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The concept that sexual tension/activity and a spiritual life are at odds or mutually exclusive is itself a bias and presumption.
For most religions this is a well established fact. As for every spiritual/faith decision you are free to think otherwise, but calling it a bias seems very ungenerous.
The concept IS NOT to exclude women, the idea was to move to the most distant place possible, and to live a life far away from society, love, sex, etc. - something everybody should respect. These people living there dont want to harm anybody, and there's no reason to "go there an visit them" or to do any bizarre "feminist" actions (which happen quite often there). Intention matters. [repost as my comment was deleted…
Mods didn't touch your comment or even see it. Users flagged it, and rightly so because it was obviously flamebait. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and take the intended spirit of this site more to heart? We want thoughtful, curious conversation here, not ideological bashing.
I think it's important to clarify what's happening here, as most readers are not greek and simply cannot instantly understand the background and/or dont have the cultural sensitivity to judge this topic correctly.
This article was spread to misinform, and - surprise surprise - , every critical comment was flagged / deleted for trivial reasons. It's sad to see Hackernews moving into a Twitter-like direction, where facts are ignored, but every words is examined for "correct behaviour" according to "the rules".
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For most religions this is a well established fact. As for every spiritual/faith decision you are free to think otherwise, but calling it a bias seems very ungenerous.
It's about as good a "fact" as other "well established fact[s]" in most religions, i.e. not a fact at all, but merely a strong tradition/assertion from authority.
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That’s not the point, you told me that you are not fine with a whole peninsula being owned by the same entity. My question is: where do you draw the line? Can someone own a 300 sq meters house? A castle? A golf course? A small island?
300 sqm yes, a castle yes, a golf course yes, a small island no. I also just don't like the church, so there's double the hate at a super rich church.