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LanternWaste

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11. Social mores are by their very nature, arbitrary.

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 03:48 PM

Jun 2014

Social mores are by their very nature, arbitrary.

Adults are not allowed by law to date children, an imaginary red and blue line on a piece of paper divides Canada from the U.S., driving zoned at 65mph on a particular highway rather than 66mph on that same particular highway -- and many other examples of an arbitrary social more exist all around us.

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China dog-eaters dodge activists with early feast [View all] dipsydoodle Jun 2014 OP

In this case I'm on the side of the affluent get the red out Jun 2014 #1

They should eat lemmings instead. Orrex Jun 2014 #2

If that would lower the proverbial population of them get the red out Jun 2014 #3

I love dogs - I have one lovely one that keeps me company - but . . . el_bryanto Jun 2014 #4

I wrote a post a few years ago here about why people get bent out of shape Javaman Jun 2014 #5

because bacon tastes really fucking good snooper2 Jun 2014 #7

Social mores are by their very nature, arbitrary. LanternWaste Jun 2014 #11

Silly Asians, don't they know they need Western Wisdom on what is Food and what are Pets. dilby Jun 2014 #6

the activists are Chinese, I guess you didn't read that far down snooper2 Jun 2014 #9

I think people object (justifiably so) to whale slaughter because LordGlenconner Jun 2014 #12

Yeah, this is why the world hates us superpatriotman Jun 2014 #13

Doggone it! KamaAina Jun 2014 #8

Hot dogs? KamaAina Jun 2014 #10