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To: SuperLuminal

What the world needs is a bigger closet...


23 posted on 03/28/2023 4:30:35 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: unread
What the world needs is a bigger closet...

They used to have them. They were called "mental hospitals".

26 posted on 03/28/2023 4:37:00 AM PDT by Sooth2222 (“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” ("Every nation has the government it deserves.”) )
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What the world needs is a bigger closet...

The "closet" was not necessarily a mental institution, but the body of proper societal taboos which practically carried the force of law. Taboos served an invaluable service in society. They directed proper behavior without a need for the volumes of laws we now have to sort through.

44 posted on 03/28/2023 7:07:48 AM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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