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Originally Posted by kennyc
That's where cultural norms come from. Consensus, that doesn't mean that any given individual will agree with the consensus but odds are they will.
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Well, let me ask you a question. The ancient Mayans believed that it was good to sacrifice young virgins- and gthey sacrificed a good many of them. Most of the Mayans, it appears, believed that human sacrifice was a good thing- it was the cultural norm.
So- is human sacrifice good? Were the Mayans doing something that we can all rationally agree was a good thing?
If 20 million readers think that Harold Robbins is a great writer, should we all agree that the ghastliness that he produces is good literature?