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Try to start up a conversation about the relative merits of marrying your siblings and I bet everybody else in the room will suddenly get very uncomfortable. T
by mikkupikku 8mo ago
Try to start up a conversation about the relative merits of marrying your siblings and I bet everybody else in the room will suddenly get very uncomfortable. They'll be thinking "Of all possible things we could talk about, why this??"
You're right that taboos also concern actions, not just discussion, but in this case it's probably both.
- naasking 8mo ago> They'll be thinking "Of all possible things we could talk about, why this??" Sure, but the point is that they should just say that, and the person who raised the issue must then explain why it's worth their time. Maybe there's an important point they're trying to make, maybe not.
- LorenPechtel 8mo agoI see a problem here with your example: "everyone else". If you're going to have a sensitive discussion it should involve the minimum number of people.
- mikkupikku 8mo agoThat it's a sensitive topic is the point, no?