Today I was thinking about what Sal said about how we live in a society full of rules. I agree with him, but the better question is why? With the plane story, why did we find the canabalism repulsive? They needed to survive, and I guess the church summed it up best, "God gave them to you". It brings up this whole idea of perdicting what we would do in certain life changing decisions. The phrase, "if your friend did ________, would you?" And our response would be "No" in most scenerios, but this is because we are taught this. We are taught... not to eat people, but if we were dying we would. We are taught to not murder, "thou shalt not kill", but what if they are threatening your spouse, we would kill. Rules are intended to delegate and dictate right and wrong in mundane everyday life, but rules should and are to some extent invalid during these what if moments. While all should keep in mind local and federal laws, they must be thrown out in order for survival and other cases of primitive nature... .thats atleast what I think.... what about you?
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I think we'd throw them out too. Everything is a social construction, but primal emotions cut through those thick constructs.
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