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In life, there is no such thing as a "respectable taboo", right?


Without going into TOO many details, and I will be as subtle as humanly possible (mostly for my benefit, but I am by no means "selfish") and state that in real life among us human beings, there really IS no such thing as a "respectable" taboo, as in, a kind of forbidden topic that even IN its taboo-state, would affect everyone the same and people will either just not want to talk about it or keep it respected universally and in a manner that, at least even among the NORMAL and CIVILIZED people, please everyone equally.

Whether its intimate abuse, certain religious issues, prejudice, sexual activities, certain beliefs etc or even occasional uncertainties OR double standards, people will nearly ALWAYS fight and argue and also give you morality and LITMUS tests. Sometimes justice CAN be restored, the victims sadly of course will always suffer, there WILL be stupidity AND ignorance sadly present and whats more - and I am NOT saying its a "bad" thing (it can be frustrating yes, but I will at best put THIS in neutral category or a positive one but...), in today's day and age of accessible INTERNET, you WILL hear about it whether you WANT to or NOT, or even if you expect it or not, and someone like ME needs to learn to be a little less PICKY here and there.

Also, sometimes we MAY indeed DISAGREE but not always will you agree to disagree EITHER. For instance, I sometimes argued about me being a beast who is let's say for arguments sake attacked or violated by a BEAUTY, HOWEVER, even WITH harsh reality being around, existence of de-facto affected and suffering victims, the presence of OTHER consequences or even what if the object was err "not attractive", I STILL wondered about it IN that way and stated well, I wouldn't want it EITHER, but... I looked at it also from the perspective of the perpetrator, as in OTHER common examples, we were TAUGHT to angrily, vehemently and justifiably DESPISE the perpetrator in ADDITION to wanting their legal (if it is) etc punishment, and well, in other case, suppose SO too. But let's get COGNITIVE DISSONANCE out of the way and in a sense, make a RESPECTABLE taboo too.

But ANYWAYS, in life, do we all agree - there's no such thing as a RESPECTABLE taboo? Cheers.

P.S. And NONE of us are or have been truly sacred or holy, including me, haha, but anyways...

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Ummm, taboos vary by culture, religion, societal norms. So, the answer to this somewhat inane question is.. It depends.

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Uh... respectability is all about following accepted taboos! If you want to be respectable you don't quit your job to party all day, you break laws, you don't get in fights, you don't have children by 10 different partners, etc.

And the "respectable taboo" thing is all I really got out of paragraphs of word salad.

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The point being - we sadly or not, DO have some things we can and do consider "taboo", for better OR "worse", and people in general don't think AND act conveniently enough for it to be seen as something universally respectable, we get various (even today) arguments over it and over that, whether we want to or not, whether we even understand it or not (yeah, indeed, why can't people just accept this and that and move on?) and feelings can and often DO get hurt in the process of even indirect parties "involved" in the matter(s).

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And people these days (but maybe in the past this was the case too) do take a lot of things TOO personally and no one wants to explore matters in a more philosophical, indirect, metaphorical, subtle and morally ambiguous matter, even if it also concerns various stuff we see in FICTIONAL MOVIES as opposed to direct REAL life examples as such.

Also, even if in some cases, the perpetrators say we don't feel should be killed etc for their horrific "deeds", people, online especially, would still go out of their way to talk about LAW and state that, besides being (albeit justifiably) looked down upon, they should be arrested and sentenced and NOT simply "forgiven" or "allowed to walk away" etc and not JUST because it is "traditional" and "convenient" enough for us civilized folks to think so, and "pleasant" to do so etc. But hey, I suppose they're right, and who are "we" to "argue"? (Hint, we're not selfish, stupid, immature and ignorant shitty bastards for sure, hahaha.)

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Okay, I have no idea what you are trying to say with all those randomized words.

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We're moving toward acceptance. So things that people say are taboo don't necessarily have to be.

If I find something weird I just stop myself and say "not for me to kink shame them."

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I agree but thing is, some or other people may not, and hence, no one ever agrees 100% on anything.

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