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Absolutely agree. Once it becomes obvious that everybody does certain things, they will necessarily become better accepted - unless they are really bad things
by swombat 17y ago
Absolutely agree.
Once it becomes obvious that everybody does certain things, they will necessarily become better accepted - unless they are really bad things (e.g. if what because obvious was that, say, a large percentage of the population engaged in pedophily or murder something equally unacceptable), in which case making them visible might help stamp them out.
For those trivial things that everyone does and a few people get up in arms about, morality will have to change. Hopefully, out of date laws will change along with it.
I think this is an unavoidable trend of the internet. And it's a good thing. Privacy is dead. Long live tolerance.
- barrkel 17y agoOr morality will get caught up in a panic and more draconian laws will take effect. The village of squinting windows, where everybody knows everybody's business, is no paragon of tolerance, and I speak as someone who grew up in such a village. It's a cliche that it's the anonymity of cities that "loosened morals", e.g. gay meccas are usually pretty densely populated urban areas. People in the countryside live in fear of the opprobrium of their neighbours.
- duck 17y agoHistory has shown that the tolerance road doesn't always take you to a happy place like lots of people think. Laws can change easily, but morals?
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- wmf 17y agoAnd then there are things that only a significant minority does, but nobody talks about. I don't think bringing that out into the open will benefit anyone, since the majority could more easily bully people into submission.
- roundsquare 17y agoDo you have any examples? I'm not able to follow...
- jodrellblank 17y agoI like the way you call it 'tolerance' yet redefine it to exclude things you think are unacceptable. ;)