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Originally Posted by highthief
I did mention I've been in a similar natural disaster situation, didn't I? Was cut off for over a week from electricity and clean water and fresh food. For some reason, I didn't steal any TVs, or DVD players, or laptops. I didn't rape anyone in the shelter, and I didn't fire off a few rounds at choppers (well, I didn't see any choppers, they couldn't fly in all the ice, but I don't think I would've fired off any rounds). We did milk the neighbour's cow, however.
So, I guess I can use the term "savage" if anyone can - but honestly, you don't have to have gone through a disaster to know right from wrong, good from bad.
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It's amusing how many people "know" right from wrong, good from bad, when they only realise it within the confines of their own beliefs. All of those concepts are completely subjective, and the only reason it sometimes seems like they are universal "rules" is that societies are built around shared values, including shared definitions of these terms.