By the way, my other response doesn't really address what you're saying, so I'll reply again. When I read blintson's comment that "animal cruelty doesn't bothe

By the way, my other response doesn't really address what you're saying, so I'll reply again. When I read blintson's comment that "animal cruelty doesn't bother me at all" I took it to mean that he didn't see anything wrong with the cruelty we put animals through for the sake of hunting or eating. If that's the case, then blintson's values are the social norm. If you read it as not caring about animal cruelty in any form (such as abusing pets), then his values fall out of the social norm. I'm not sure which way blintson meant that in his comment.