Yeah, we used to have a tradition in the United States of owning slaves. We've evolved beyond that travesty (although racism is ubiquitous, and many of us are trapped in a new form of "indentured servitude" to the uber wealthy corporate megalomaniacs).
We used to have a tradition of allowing men to beat their wives, as long as the implement they chose to use was not bigger in diameter than their thumb (hence, "rule of thumb"
. We have at least acknowledged that men should not beat their wives, and we've codified punishments for such behavior (although said punishments are seldom stringent or deterrent, and relationship violence remains a constant in our society).
We still have dog fights and cock fights, and all manner of disrespectful abuse of animals, so it might strike some of us as hypocritical to berate other cultures for their massacres of sentient creatures...
Our species is the embarrassment of this universe: narcissistic, hedonistic, abusive, and--all too often--willfully ignorant.
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