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<blockquote data-quote="Jfdlsjfd" data-source="post: 8679221" data-attributes="member: 42856">Of course it's not an universal norm. I wouldn't use the term &quot;indoctrinated&quot; to describe a cultural heritage but it's logical that the first reflex to assess something is to refer to one's social views. Mods aren't living in a void, they are applying their society's views when there are clashes of views over what is acceptable.In Gulliver's travel, Johnathan Swift described the bloody civil war between the one who opened their egg by the big end and those who opened their eggs starting with the narrow end. Readers certainly did'nt have a problem or a strong personal views on egg-opening... yet it was divisive for the Lilliput society. There are many kind of eggs and violence is certainly one of them. Some societies will have no problem with children exposition to violence and other will have, resulting in widely changing film rating, from &quot;all audience&quot; to &quot;16+&quot; for the same movie. Both sides will think their cultural heritage and societal choices are &quot;just&quot; and &quot;right&quot;, while in fact they generally are just &quot;theirs&quot;. Same with sex. There is a prostitute character in Oliver Twist and it's a children classic in some places...We might have been collectively led to believe that a &quot;global society&quot; emerged but I think it's limited to the least important things (we can all name the main cellphone brands and know what to expect in a fast-food franchise). Cultures are still very distinctive when it comes to more serious topics.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jfdlsjfd, post: 8679221, member: 42856"] Of course it's not an universal norm. I wouldn't use the term "indoctrinated" to describe a cultural heritage but it's logical that the first reflex to assess something is to refer to one's social views. Mods aren't living in a void, they are applying their society's views when there are clashes of views over what is acceptable. In Gulliver's travel, Johnathan Swift described the bloody civil war between the one who opened their egg by the big end and those who opened their eggs starting with the narrow end. Readers certainly did'nt have a problem or a strong personal views on egg-opening... yet it was divisive for the Lilliput society. There are many kind of eggs and violence is certainly one of them. Some societies will have no problem with children exposition to violence and other will have, resulting in widely changing film rating, from "all audience" to "16+" for the same movie. Both sides will think their cultural heritage and societal choices are "just" and "right", while in fact they generally are just "theirs". Same with sex. There is a prostitute character in Oliver Twist and it's a children classic in some places... We might have been collectively led to believe that a "global society" emerged but I think it's limited to the least important things (we can all name the main cellphone brands and know what to expect in a fast-food franchise). Cultures are still very distinctive when it comes to more serious topics. [/QUOTE]

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