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   , David   
   Friedman  writes   
   >In article ,   
   > Helen Hall  wrote:   
   >   
   >> The answer is *always* more complex and always involves phrases like,   
   >> "Well, it depends..."  :) I mean David said, "Under ordinary social   
   >> rules," but what exactly does that mean? Whose rules? There actually is   
   >> no such thing as "ordinary social rules", only social rules that apply   
   >> in different places at different times and also varying according to   
   >> class, religion etc.   
   >   
   >I was thinking of a case where the objection was specific to B, not   
   >something that both knew was a generally held view.   
   >   
   >For an example that occurred to me later, suppose what A is doing is   
   >hugging C, A and C being gay. In a society where homosexuality is legal   
   >and pretty widely accepted, B demanding that they stop because it makes   
   >him uncomfortable fits my hypothetical. In a society where practically   
   >everyone thinks it's horrible, it doesn't.   
   >   
   But then some people do cry, "Ew! Get a room!" when couples (of any   
   combination of genders) get too lovey-dovey. :)   
      
   The example I thought of belatedly was smoking, back in the time when   
   smoking was the norm and non-smokers were considered weird. Should A (a   
   smoker) not smoke because B (a non-smoker) complains that he hates the   
   smell? Or should A consider that B is being too fussy?   
      
   Helen   
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