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Cat Atomic

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Wed Nov-24-04 12:37 PM
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52. People can decide their own actions, but they do it within the social

Edited on Wed Nov-24-04 12:43 PM by Cat Atomic

construct. Know what I mean?

I think we'd all agree that it would be wrong for you to walk outside right now and shoot someone.

But let's say we were invaded by some foreign army. Suddenly it would be socially acceptable for you to walk outside and shoot someone (from the invading army, of course). In fact, shooting someone wouldn't only be acceptable, society would actively encourage it.

The first instance would make you a social pariah. The second would make you a hero. The only difference is that one is an attack on "we", and the other is an attack on "them".

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