[discostu]

There’s nothing treacly about the social contract. It’s a concept that’s been around a long time, and we back when we were a polite society that held doors open for each other and didn’t stage flash mobs to vandalize and rob each other was when the social contract was strong. Just being considerate and having manners IS the social contract, the difference is my way of saying it is 15 characters to type and yours is 38 characters. I didn’t say anything about a duty to society, just pointed out how and why these guys are douchebags who got what they deserved. They proved they couldn’t handle life in polite society (aka couldn’t follow the social contract) and got kicked out of it.

[Tuanedge]

So...

False Advertising is a Virtue.

Taking someone at their word, is a Sin.

And You’re a conservative.

Clear as mud.

[Smokin' Joe]

Actually, from the second you call it a 'contract' it becomes treacly. When people behave well of their own free will, and do so en masse, you have a society worth belonging to. (When you find that, ping me.)

For the most part, though, people only behave out of fear of legal complications, not out of a moral (heartfelt) obligation. Such a society is only waiting for the monitors to go around the corner.

I have found that what is legal is seldom correlative with that which is moral, albeit with a broad brush you can paint it thus. It's the fine print in that 'social contract' that screws you--it looks good from a distance, but up close and in focus, its ugly as sin.

Me, I'm d@mned picky about the people around me, and if they aren't one to run the river with, they need not apply.