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Very well said, I actually agree with you. However most people need a set of standards or rules to be part of a group. If the rules are too weak or open to individual interpretation, such cults or groups don't survive for long. Islam for example has maintained itself and grown for 1400 years precisely because if a young Muslim boy or girl breaks any of the serious rules, they are ostracized and cut off completely from their families. The taboo builds the identity builds the meme/culture. So it's the same thing, if you go on a Muslim forum and say you eat pork without sufficiently justifying it, they would consider that as offensive.

Cultures that are unable to keep transmitting their taboos and ideas down to further generations go extinct. I will not be raising any of my children as Indian, because I don't have enough confidence in myself to live up or down to that culture. But when my step-son asked me on a trip to India, what will happen if an Indian eats beef- I explained to him that absolutely nothing will happen biologically, however the Indian cow within India is accorded a special status and respect within the culture for old scriptural reasons. You have to talk up such things if you want people to respect it...almost every culture has it's holy cows.

<blockquote data-quote="eXe" data-source="post: 458988" data-attributes="member: 1188">Very well said, I actually agree with you. However most people need a set of standards or rules to be part of a group. If the rules are too weak or open to individual interpretation, such cults or groups don&#039;t survive for long. Islam for example has maintained itself and grown for 1400 years precisely because if a young Muslim boy or girl breaks any of the serious rules, they are ostracized and cut off completely from their families. The taboo builds the identity builds the meme/culture. So it&#039;s the same thing, if you go on a Muslim forum and say you eat pork without sufficiently justifying it, they would consider that as offensive.Cultures that are unable to keep transmitting their taboos and ideas down to further generations go extinct. I will not be raising any of my children as Indian, because I don&#039;t have enough confidence in myself to live up or down to that culture. But when my step-son asked me on a trip to India, what will happen if an Indian eats beef- I explained to him that absolutely nothing will happen biologically, however the Indian cow within India is accorded a special status and respect within the culture for old scriptural reasons. You have to talk up such things if you want people to respect it...almost every culture has it&#039;s holy cows.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eXe, post: 458988, member: 1188"] Very well said, I actually agree with you. However most people need a set of standards or rules to be part of a group. If the rules are too weak or open to individual interpretation, such cults or groups don't survive for long. Islam for example has maintained itself and grown for 1400 years precisely because if a young Muslim boy or girl breaks any of the serious rules, they are ostracized and cut off completely from their families. The taboo builds the identity builds the meme/culture. So it's the same thing, if you go on a Muslim forum and say you eat pork without sufficiently justifying it, they would consider that as offensive. Cultures that are unable to keep transmitting their taboos and ideas down to further generations go extinct. I will not be raising any of my children as Indian, because I don't have enough confidence in myself to live up or down to that culture. But when my step-son asked me on a trip to India, what will happen if an Indian eats beef- I explained to him that absolutely nothing will happen biologically, however the Indian cow within India is accorded a special status and respect within the culture for old scriptural reasons. You have to talk up such things if you want people to respect it...almost every culture has it's holy cows. [/QUOTE]

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