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<blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 4775465" data-attributes="member: 9053"><p>I think this is a great poll, both as commentary and as well as being a funny reminder of how crazy we have been with our laws over the years. Unfortunately, I unknowingly broke the law by kissing on a train in Wisconsin. Hopefully the statute of limitations has run out by now.</p><p></p><p>The point I take out of this is that there's always a difference between what the law says and what people actually do...that <strong>most</strong> of us interpret in our minds whether something is really right or wrong and factor it into a whole calculus (how bad is it, how likely are we to be caught, what's the penalty, etc) to determine our actions. We do the whole cognitive dissonance shuffle for some things and then move on. Note the most: there's no slight intended to our highly lawful ENWorlders!</p><p></p><p>From what I have seen once the majority of popular culture decides that something that's technically illegal isn't enough of a concern to stop, attempts to stop it will simply fail. Think about all sorts of issues that are politically charged (and that we don't talk about here) where it's entered into the public mindset that the action isn't really wrong, or is at least something we have more important things to deal with...those issues largely fade into the background and are ignored. I live in Madison Wisconsin, and the culture at the University largely ignores drinking despite some horrible results each year.</p><p></p><p>That's why I think this poll really adds to the discussion, since there are a lot of areas where this has already happened and we don't even recognize it now.</p><p></p><p>--Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SteveC, post: 4775465, member: 9053"] I think this is a great poll, both as commentary and as well as being a funny reminder of how crazy we have been with our laws over the years. Unfortunately, I unknowingly broke the law by kissing on a train in Wisconsin. Hopefully the statute of limitations has run out by now. The point I take out of this is that there's always a difference between what the law says and what people actually do...that [B]most[/B] of us interpret in our minds whether something is really right or wrong and factor it into a whole calculus (how bad is it, how likely are we to be caught, what's the penalty, etc) to determine our actions. We do the whole cognitive dissonance shuffle for some things and then move on. Note the most: there's no slight intended to our highly lawful ENWorlders! From what I have seen once the majority of popular culture decides that something that's technically illegal isn't enough of a concern to stop, attempts to stop it will simply fail. Think about all sorts of issues that are politically charged (and that we don't talk about here) where it's entered into the public mindset that the action isn't really wrong, or is at least something we have more important things to deal with...those issues largely fade into the background and are ignored. I live in Madison Wisconsin, and the culture at the University largely ignores drinking despite some horrible results each year. That's why I think this poll really adds to the discussion, since there are a lot of areas where this has already happened and we don't even recognize it now. --Steve [/QUOTE]
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