Reply #42: Afghanistan isn't notably religious?

[IntravenousDemilo]

A number of Islam's holiest sites are there. It's also the country where the two giant stone Buddhas were obliterated by the Islamic fundamentalists who were in charge at the time.

Does Russia now officially consider women chattel? Were they considered as such in the Soviet Union?

Your grandmother wasn't allowed to drive, whistle, etc, exactly when? Two days ago? Last Thursday? Any time this century?

To be sure, we have changed a lot (I won't grant you "most") of English Common Law...to Canadian Common Law. And most of the changes were adaptations rather than revolutionary.

I always thought it was strange that Quebec has the Napoleonic Code, since Napoleon didn't seize power until some decades after Quebec came under English rule (and the English most assuredly didn't like Napoleon). When did they adopt it? And what the hell is Scotland doing with it?

Lots of things HAVE been ingrained in Canadian society, and yes, they have disappeared. Our adherence to common law isn't one of them. Yet.

You've seen little technological change in your life? What is that thing you're looking at right now? And progressive social change isn't happening fast enough to suit me. But thankfully it is happening.

And yes, we should recognize that change is inevitable -- just not retrograde change.