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Easy to find in the context of child rearing. Beating children was common, started being socially stigmatized and finally became considered child abuse. A more
by cataphract 3y ago
Easy to find in the context of child rearing. Beating children was common, started being socially stigmatized and finally became considered child abuse.
A more recent example: the ban on plastic straws. Lots of restaurants were shunning them before they became illegal in several jurisdictions
- Eisenstein 3y agoI mean, going with your 'it is bad so let's stop doing it' examples, we could add slavery, death penalty for heresy...
- gffrd 3y agoYeah, “don’t beat children” seems like a pretty good thing to have advanced as law. So the argument against is “that’s for me to decide!” and “some people are beaten and turn out fine!”?