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> What's the downside? Is it really so hard to type "main" instead of "master"? Is it really hard to say your prayer before the dinner? Is it really hard to n
by AlexTWithBeard 6y ago
> What's the downside? Is it really so hard to type "main" instead of "master"?
Is it really hard to say your prayer before the dinner?
Is it really hard to never ever eat pork?
Is it really hard to bow to every police officer you meet?
- kqr 6y agoIn a situation where I would knowingly discomfort people by eating pork or not saying a prayer, sure, I just might modify my behaviour to be a nice person. Clearly it means something to them, so why not be considerate for such a small cost?
- disposekinetics 6y agoIf you give an authoritarian who wants to control you an inch they run you for a mile. It is important to stand your ground in the petty cases so they never get to their true goals.
- mercer 6y agoTheir true goals I suppose being putting you in a scary gulag?
- disposekinetics 6y agoWe don't have to know the specific goals of these authoritarians to know from history that giving into people who want control is a bad idea.
- sebazzz 6y ago"Please stop eating pork, as an vegetarian it offends me." Will you now stop eating pork? If not, at which point do you decide you will alter behavior for someone else. How do you make that judgement?
- kqr 6y agoIf someone asked me during a meal to refrain from ordering pork for that reason, then sure I would. Why shouldn't I?
- sebazzz 6y agoThat is a specific situation - what about the parent situation which implied to be more general.
- AlexTWithBeard 6y agoEven when this someone is not from your dinner party?
- ThA0x2 6y agoThe fact that the West eats pork is discomforting to Muslims and Jews. Please modify your behavior to be a nice person and stop eating pork. It's such a small cost after all.