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Chesterton's fence probably applies here.
by llimos 5y ago
Chesterton's fence probably applies here.
- bencollier49 5y agoQuite. No scholar on this matter but they presumably began at least in part as a welfare measure.
- rusk 5y agomy guess is hygiene
- bencollier49 5y agoYep, agree. That too.
- trasnk 5y agoYes, trichinosis was probably the reason for not eating pork. Similarly this method of slaughter probably had hygienic benefits in the desert countries where it was instituted. Circumcision probably had hygienic benefits back then, too. But we no longer live in these circumstances.
- adwn 5y ago"Chesterton's fence" doesn't mean that you should never change or abandon an existing tradition. It means that you shouldn't do that until you understand why the "fence" was put up in the first place.