top | item 34679013 (no title) solbloch | 3 years ago Which probably isn't a good strategy to handle taboo topics long-term. discuss order hn newest jollyllama|3 years ago It's the naive approach. The same approach that gets Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer banned even though they were very egalitarian for the time. wtcactus|3 years ago I'm substantially more worried about returning to a society with openly enforced taboos.I thought we had left that in the past century, but I was clearly too optimistic. nness|3 years ago When did it stop... BurningFrog|3 years ago The trick is to not have taboo topics. birracerveza|3 years ago No, I'm sure if we ignore the problem long enough it will go away eventually. contravariant|3 years ago Sure it is, it's been successfully used to oppress people for ages.
jollyllama|3 years ago It's the naive approach. The same approach that gets Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer banned even though they were very egalitarian for the time.
wtcactus|3 years ago I'm substantially more worried about returning to a society with openly enforced taboos.I thought we had left that in the past century, but I was clearly too optimistic. nness|3 years ago When did it stop...
birracerveza|3 years ago No, I'm sure if we ignore the problem long enough it will go away eventually.
jollyllama|3 years ago
wtcactus|3 years ago
I thought we had left that in the past century, but I was clearly too optimistic.
nness|3 years ago
BurningFrog|3 years ago
birracerveza|3 years ago
contravariant|3 years ago