HomoEconomus

The road to freedom in the Muslim world is fraught with obstacles. The latest pothole has the Afghani government arresting and attempting to prosecute one of its citizens for converting to Christianity. Apparently, under Islamic law, conversion to another religion is punishable by death.

For those good people caught in a cycle of hand wringing and soul searching, telling us that we must respect cultural differences and mind our own business, I quote from a document that all the people of the world should be reading and re-reading during these times:

We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. –That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
—IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence.

We are "the People," and it is our unalienable right to abolish this kind of behavior. —GAHjr