Which Western Taboos do you agree with? (3 Viewers)

[jennyfromdabloc]

Bold the taboos you actually agree are morally wrong (as opposed to merely foolish, as may be the case with drug taking). Bold and Italicize if you think they are somewhat wrong. I'd argue that most taboos that many people take for granted are pretty silly, and that people just accept them because they are used to them. Unfortunately these taboos often get enshrined in law which is when real damage is done.

1. Prostitution
2. Adultery
3. Illegal drugs
4. Incest
5. Bestiality
6. Pornography
7. Child Pornography
8. Eating dogs
9. Eating horses
10. Homosexuality
11. Nudity
12. Cannibalism
13. Necrophilia
14. Asking people their income
15. Swearing
16. Casual sex
17. Sex with children
18. Gambling
19. BDSM
20. Farting

My list:


1. Prostitution
2. Adultery
3. Illegal drugs
4. Incest
5. Bestiality
6. Pornography
7. Child Pornography
8. Eating dogs
9. Eating horses
10. Homosexuality
11. Nudity
12. Cannibalism
13. Necrophilia
14. Asking people their income
15. Swearing
16. Casual sex
17. Sex with children
18. Gambling
19. BDSM
20. Farting

Sex with children is the only one I would agree is always wrong.

Adultery is not inherently wrong, but it usually based on deliberate deception in which case it is.

Bestiality is okay as long as the animal isn't seriously being hurt. I can't see how its any worse than killing animals for food since raising livestock for food is inherently inefficient , and we merely produce meat as a luxury because we like the taste.

CP production is wrong. However, as disgusting as it is, I can't really justify why merely viewing it is wrong.

 

[Phoenix Fury]

1. Prostitution
2. Adultery
3. Illegal drugs
4. Incest
5. Bestiality
6. Pornography
7. Child Pornography
8. Eating dogs
9. Eating horses
10. Homosexuality
11. Nudity
12. Cannibalism
13. Necrophilia
14. Asking people their income
15. Swearing
16. Casual sex
17. Sex with children
18. Gambling
19. BDSM
20. Farting

But hey, that's just me.
Interesting thread btw.

 

[jennyfromdabloc]

1. Prostitution
2. Adultery
3. Illegal drugs
4. Incest
5. Bestiality
6. Pornography
7. Child Pornography
8. Eating dogs
9. Eating horses
10. Homosexuality
11. Nudity
12. Cannibalism
13. Necrophilia
14. Asking people their income
15. Swearing
16. Casual sex
17. Sex with children
18. Gambling
19. BDSM
20. Farting

But hey, that's just me.
Interesting thread btw.

Wow. You're no fun at all. Maybe you need some drugs to help you lighten up a bit.

 

[Phoenix Fury]

Wow. You're no fun at all. Maybe you need some drugs to help you lighten up a bit.

haha, no fun indeed

 

[jennyfromdabloc]

haha, no fun indeed

Awwww c'mon, not even weed?

And pornography, really? I'm sure you've jacked it to some porn before.

 

[Phoenix Fury]

Awwww c'mon, not even weed?

And pornography, really? I'm sure you've jacked it to some porn before.

No weed, and as for porn, it was a tough decision to italicise it or leave it. Maybe now i think about it some more it would have been best left untouched after all.

 

[jennyfromdabloc]

No weed, and as for porn, it was a tough decision to italicise it or leave it. Maybe now i think about it some more it would have been best left untouched after all.

Unlike your penis.

 

[Phoenix Fury]

Unlike your penis.

hurrr

 

[xeuyrawp]

1. Prostitution
2. Adultery
3. Illegal drugs
4. Incest
5. Bestiality
6. Pornography
7. Child Pornography
8. Eating dogs
9. Eating horses
10. Homosexuality
11. Nudity
12. Cannibalism
13. Necrophilia
14. Asking people their income
15. Swearing
16. Casual sex
17. Sex with children
18. Gambling
19. BDSM
20. Farting

None of them, except for necrophilia, unless you have consent of the dead person or their next of kin.

'Children' seems to be a flexible term, although I'm sure I'll be told various irrelevant legal definitions here.

I've eaten camel, which I'm told tastes like horse, so I have no objection to that. Not sure why the West has an issue with eating dog.

Cannibalism again seems fine with consent, although there are obvious health risks involved.

Nudity offends people simply because they're offended by it. Hopefully we'll soon get over it, and people will be able to (un)dress how they want. If I don't want to see someone's cock or cunt, I won't look, tbh.

Swearing is an issue of sociolinguistics, and unless you want to get into an argument with me about it /shrug

The rest is just fiddle faddle.

So in conclusion, I have a conditional problem with things to do with children simply because of the ad hoc issue of consent. No problems with anything else, really.

 

[jennyfromdabloc]

So in conclusion, I have a conditional problem with things to do with children simply because of the ad hoc issue of consent. No problems with anything else, really.

Yeah I'd have to agree with you here.

I guess I meant pre-pubescent children, i.e. under 12. I'd imagine it would be a very rare exceptional case where an adult having sex with someone of that age would not be extremely damaging and wrong.

 

[Name_Taken]

Bestiality is okay as long as the animal isn't seriously being hurt. I can't see how its any worse than killing animals for food since raising livestock for food is inherently inefficient , and we merely produce meat as a luxury because we like the taste.

None of them, except for necrophilia, unless you have consent of the dead person or their next of kin.

Cannibalism again seems fine with consent, although there are obvious health risks involved.

Nudity offends people simply because they're offended by it. Hopefully we'll soon get over it, and people will be able to (un)dress how they want. If I don't want to see someone's cock or cunt, I won't look, tbh.

You have got to be joking.

I fear for my generation and the future of society.

Excuse me for possessing a basic sense of morality.

1. Prostitution
2. Adultery
3. Illegal drugs
4. Incest
5. Bestiality
6. Pornography
7. Child Pornography
8. Eating dogs
9. Eating horses
10. Homosexuality
11. Nudity
12. Cannibalism
13. Necrophilia
14. Asking people their income
15. Swearing
16. Casual sex
17. Sex with children
18. Gambling
19. BDSM
20. Farting

 

[Got2Kno91]

1. Prostitution
2. Adultery
3. Illegal drugs
4. Incest
5. Bestiality
6. Pornography
7. Child Pornography
8. Eating dogs
9. Eating horses
10. Homosexuality
11. Nudity
12. Cannibalism
13. Necrophilia
14. Asking people their income
15. Swearing
16. Casual sex
17. Sex with children
18. Gambling
19. BDSM
20. Farting

Would like to add Illegal drugs would be a lot less dangerous and harmful to society if they were legalised and manufactured in a quality control environment by a pharmaceutical company. There will always be people who take them, why not make them safer?

 

[Slidey]

1. Prostitution
2. Adultery
3. Illegal drugs
4. Incest
5. Bestiality
6. Pornography
7. Child Pornography
8. Eating dogs
9. Eating horses
10. Homosexuality
11. Nudity
12. Cannibalism
13. Necrophilia
14. Asking people their income
15. Swearing
16. Casual sex
17. Sex with children
18. Gambling
19. BDSM
20. Farting

You distinguish between 'morally wrong' and foolish. Why is some drug taking often foolish? Because it harms the person, and often society at large. That seems morally wrong to me, so I'll ignore that line of yours.

1) Prostitution - should be wrong for health reasons - we want to prevent the spread of STDs. Granted I don't know much about the industry. They probably have a lower STD rate than normal society truth be told. The other aspect is preventing abuse - it needs to be a deliberate career.
2) Adultery - don't fucking cheat on someone. It hurts them. Finding a partner who is OK with an open relationship instead.
3) Illegal drugs - opiates and smoked substances are extremely detrimental to health, very addictive, and a drain on society. Decriminalise possession, target dealers, and encourage (Via regulation and legalisation) softer drugs instead
4) Incest - for biological reasons, anything closer than 1st cousins should be illegal (errr decrminalised?) 1st cousins is OK, only a 1% chance of birth defects
5) Bestiality - against it for reasons of animal's rights, disease, and that it seems to be genuinely bad for mental health (compared to something like masturbation or BDSM)
7) Child Porn - some kid had to be used to make it. This ain't like drugs where you can just target the dealer and leave the users to their fate. Unlike the users of drugs, the viewers of child porn are harming children with their demand for it.
8 & 9) Morally opposed for reasons of animals rights and wastefulness. No animal can produce even the same amount of food energy as what they consumed. Most end up consuming 5 to 10 times what they produce.
12) Cannibalism - I don't condone taking lives. That includes the death penalty and suicide. It's also plain sick.
13) Necrophilia - it's sick, but ignoring that, you're violating somebody else's "property" (or grandma).
17) Sex with children: morally against for children below around 14 years old. Interestingly most of Europe and Latin America has a the legal age for children at between roughly 13 and 15 years and it works fine for them. 16 seems too high.
18) It should be illegal (or perhaps just highly regulated, limiting people per day, etc) unless there is a benefit besides potentially winning (e.g. provide entertainment, computer games - although that has been shown to increase addictiveness 10-fold so maybe I shoulds shut up). Mathematically it's moronic. and is a waste of society's efficiency.

 

[Slidey]

You have got to be joking.

I fear for my generation and the future of society.

Yeah, nudity is so evil. We will die out as a species if we don't stamp it out.

Moron.

 

[Name_Taken]

Yeah, nudity is so evil. We will die out as a species if we don't stamp it out.

Moron.

My comment was made in refernce to previous posters presenting a show of support for acts such as beastality and necrophilia, which I find to be most perverse and sickening.

I italicised nudity, showing that I find it somewhat wrong and not morally wrong. I don't think it has a place in public and should be kept to one's self or life-partner.

 

[Slidey]

My comment was made in refernce to previous posters presenting a show of support for acts such as beastality and necrophilia, which I find to be most perverse and sickening.

I italicised nudity, showing that I find it somewhat wrong and not morally wrong. I don't think it has a place in public and should be kept to one's self or life-partner.

Hmm, sorry. My bad I guess. I'm thinking I still disagree with you on a hell of a lot.

 

[Lukybear]

1. Prostitution
2. Adultery
3. Illegal drugs
4. Incest
5. Bestiality
6. Pornography
7. Child Pornography
8. Eating dogs
9. Eating horses
10. Homosexuality
11. Nudity
12. Cannibalism
13. Necrophilia
14. Asking people their income
15. Swearing
16. Casual sex
17. Sex with children
18. Gambling
19. BDSM
20. Farting
Pretty normal considering I am Christian.

 

[Lukybear]

Awwww c'mon, not even weed?

And pornography, really? I'm sure you've jacked it to some porn before.

Your such a bad sport. Can people make mistakes... I am youve made plenty and regret the most part of it.

 

[kelly tully]

1. Prostitution
2. Adultery
3. Illegal drugs
4. Incest
5. Bestiality
6. Pornography
7. Child Pornography
8. Eating dogs
9. Eating horses
10. Homosexuality
11. Nudity
12. Cannibalism
13. Necrophilia
14. Asking people their income
15. Swearing
16. Casual sex
17. Sex with children
18. Gambling
19. BDSM
20. Farting

Sex with children and child pornography are wrong. Sex with kids for obvious reasons, child pornography because as I said I believe the victims of CP will always be victims as long as the initial crime against them is still circulated for the masses.

Incest is just morally wrong.

Nothing else I give a shit about.

You have got to be joking.

I fear for my generation and the future of society.

Excuse me for possessing a basic sense of morality.

1. Prostitution
2. Adultery
3. Illegal drugs
4. Incest
5. Bestiality
6. Pornography
7. Child Pornography
8. Eating dogs
9. Eating horses
10. Homosexuality
11. Nudity
12. Cannibalism
13. Necrophilia
14. Asking people their income
15. Swearing
16. Casual sex
17. Sex with children
18. Gambling
19. BDSM
20. Farting

1. Prostitution
2. Adultery
3. Illegal drugs
4. Incest
5. Bestiality
6. Pornography
7. Child Pornography
8. Eating dogs
9. Eating horses
10. Homosexuality
11. Nudity
12. Cannibalism
13. Necrophilia
14. Asking people their income
15. Swearing
16. Casual sex
17. Sex with children
18. Gambling
19. BDSM
20. Farting

You distinguish between 'morally wrong' and foolish. Why is some drug taking often foolish? Because it harms the person, and often society at large. That seems morally wrong to me, so I'll ignore that line of yours.

1) Prostitution - should be wrong for health reasons - we want to prevent the spread of STDs. Granted I don't know much about the industry. They probably have a lower STD rate than normal society truth be told. The other aspect is preventing abuse - it needs to be a deliberate career.
2) Adultery - don't fucking cheat on someone. It hurts them. Finding a partner who is OK with an open relationship instead.
3) Illegal drugs - opiates and smoked substances are extremely detrimental to health, very addictive, and a drain on society. Decriminalise possession, target dealers, and encourage (Via regulation and legalisation) softer drugs instead
4) Incest - for biological reasons, anything closer than 1st cousins should be illegal (errr decrminalised?) 1st cousins is OK, only a 1% chance of birth defects
5) Bestiality - against it for reasons of animal's rights, disease, and that it seems to be genuinely bad for mental health (compared to something like masturbation or BDSM)
7) Child Porn - some kid had to be used to make it. This ain't like drugs where you can just target the dealer and leave the users to their fate. Unlike the users of drugs, the viewers of child porn are harming children with their demand for it.
8 & 9) Morally opposed for reasons of animals rights and wastefulness. No animal can produce even the same amount of food energy as what they consumed. Most end up consuming 5 to 10 times what they produce.
12) Cannibalism - I don't condone taking lives. That includes the death penalty and suicide. It's also plain sick.
13) Necrophilia - it's sick, but ignoring that, you're violating somebody else's "property" (or grandma).
17) Sex with children: morally against for children below around 14 years old. Interestingly most of Europe and Latin America has a the legal age for children at between roughly 13 and 15 years and it works fine for them. 16 seems too high.
18) It should be illegal (or perhaps just highly regulated, limiting people per day, etc) unless there is a benefit besides potentially winning (e.g. provide entertainment, computer games - although that has been shown to increase addictiveness 10-fold so maybe I shoulds shut up). Mathematically it's moronic. and is a waste of society's efficiency.

What slidely? What?

Prostitution is highly regulated in licenced brothels. This is why prostitution needs to be legal. Those that are highly regulated are far more safe for the clients and the prostitutes than street corner prostitution. Other than that I can't see what else is wrong with prostitution? Oh yeah abuse, etc.... Most of the time it is a deliberate career. Generally the only time it isn't is when junkies sell tricks for highs on the corner, or homeless people or something. In which case, prostitution is not the cause of the problem but a means to an end. People accept a certain risk when they have unprotected sex in an unregulated setting with junkies.

Incest - for biological reasons, anything closer than 1st cousins should be illegal (errr decrminalised?) 1st cousins is OK, only a 1% chance of birth defects

What? Where did you get this? THe risk of birth defects is actually higher with first cousins than with siblings.

Bestiality - against it for reasons of animal's rights, disease, and that it seems to be genuinely bad for mental health (compared to something like masturbation or BDSM)

Citation needed

12) Cannibalism - I don't condone taking lives. That includes the death penalty and suicide. It's also plain sick.

What if the person is already dead *or* the person consents to having parts of their flesh eaten without having to die?

13) Necrophilia - it's sick, but ignoring that, you're violating somebody else's "property" (or grandma).

A dead body should not be anybody elses property. I mean, it's pretty fucking sick and there are a buttload of health reasons but otherwise it's fairly victimless.

 

[Got2Kno91]

Prostitution is highly regulated in licenced brothels. This is why prostitution needs to be legal. Those that are highly regulated are far more safe for the clients and the prostitutes than street corner prostitution.

This is exactly the same reason why many currently illegal drugs should be made legal.