(August 23, 2015 at 4:14 pm)Cephus Wrote:(August 23, 2015 at 4:09 pm)IATIA Wrote: I would not consider that 'normal' behavior, but I do not live in that society. In that particular society, that may very well be normal and the 'abnormal' (those that refuse to cut off arms) could be incarcerated for 'abnormality'.
And this strikes you as useful?
"Useful" can become a whole thread on it's own. I made no inference to "useful" or not, but rather only commenting on the relative term 'normal'. Normal does does not force right, wrong, useful or whatever, normal is based on a bell curve and 'commonplace' can very well be normal regardless of one's personal judgement.
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God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
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