RE: Social construct.
December 20, 2022 at 8:23 am
(This post was last modified: December 20, 2022 at 8:37 am by Belacqua.)
Snakes can be kept as pets. Turtles can be kept as pets. Hamsters and gerbils and guinea pigs can be kept as pets.
Tigers can be kept as pets, though it's difficult. Bears have been known to become pets. If wolves, typically, are not considered to be desirable but challenging pets, this is a social construct.
That depends on if you want it growing in your garden.
Kudzu is a big problem on the mountain where I live. In other places, it's cultivated as a cash crop. The vines are woven for traditional crafts and the starch is useful in cooking and laundry. According to science, is this a weed? Is it a weed sometimes? Does something's scientific classification vary from place to place, depending on whether people are glad to see it or not? Is there an international scientific body who decides these things?
Tigers can be kept as pets, though it's difficult. Bears have been known to become pets. If wolves, typically, are not considered to be desirable but challenging pets, this is a social construct.
Quote:Now, is marijuana a weed or a grass?
That depends on if you want it growing in your garden.
Kudzu is a big problem on the mountain where I live. In other places, it's cultivated as a cash crop. The vines are woven for traditional crafts and the starch is useful in cooking and laundry. According to science, is this a weed? Is it a weed sometimes? Does something's scientific classification vary from place to place, depending on whether people are glad to see it or not? Is there an international scientific body who decides these things?
