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A very similar thing applies to taboos in society. Various things were taboo in the past, often in various cultures, while recently people have made efforts to
by cubefox 3y ago
A very similar thing applies to taboos in society. Various things were taboo in the past, often in various cultures, while recently people have made efforts to get rid of them. If we don't understand why these taboos existed in the first place, we may make a serious mistake.
- isnifailed 3y ago[flagged]
- funcDropShadow 3y agoOn the contrary, I am convinced many taboos that persisted for millenia had very practical reasons. The world has changed dramatically since the industrialization. Therefore many reasons don't apply anymore. But that doesn't change the value propositions of those taboos in the dark age or the stone age.
- isnifailed 3y ago[flagged]
- dang 3y agoCould you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've already been doing it repeatedly with this account. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. Religious flamewar, btw, is particularly off topic here and especially easy to avoid starting. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
- isnifailed 3y ago[flagged]