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Originally posted by markofkane
So I did it too.
See how "harmless" behavior brings down the whole culture?
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What we need, maybe, is a set of rules
And people think I am the one who wants to control others!
There are already enough rules. People who are "adult"
know not
to bring private behavior into public. Enough said. Normally.
But no, because some people get a charge out of displaying
their masturbatory fantasies in public, and no one wants to
be seen as not "accepting" their perversions, you want to make
rules that affect everyone else, but won't stop those who have
already shown that they won't follow adult society's rules.
Brilliant.
I guess "accepting" that behavior didn't have the effect
you wanted. In the seventies I used to go to a coffee house
that had ashtrays with a little sign on them which said,
"Please don't smoke". People smoked constantly. I finally asked
what the reason for the sign was, and the owner said, "If people
insist on smoking I want them to use the ashtray."
"Accepting" unwanted behavior had made it seem acceptable. Duh.
Finally he had to take away the ashtrays and put up a sign that
said "No Smoking" and the smoking stopped.
Perhaps you might join me in "criticizing" public displays of
private behavior. Then you wouldn't have to "regulate" other people's
behavior. If that first person you mentioned had been told
in no uncertain terms that such postings were unacceptable,
you would not have "assumed it was OK".
Instead, those who
do point out the standards of
polite society are ridiculed and called names.
Totally brilliant.
What you have done is teach people that the behavior
you don't want is "acceptable", but behavior that will help
will be punished.
Like people who see their dog digging in the yard, call
the dog over, then punish the dog. They have taught the dog
the wrong thing. The dog still thinks it's "OK" to dig in
the yard, but knows it will get punished for coming when called.
Hard not to be smarter than that.
