Ethics, November 27, 2019

[sith_happened]

"Tomorrow is a major family-oriented holiday in the nation we find ourselves," Anakin began, "and there are a lot of ethical questions around it to explore. Today, we're going to talk about being put into a room full of extended family, or friends who are like family, and our ethical obligations to the truth versus our sociatal obligations to not make things super uncomfortable for everyone else in the room."

The 'Racist Uncle John' test, kids!

He gestured to the table in the back of the room, where a large variety of Thanksgiving foods (carefully labeled for allergies) were available. "The first option, of course, is to eat the entire day and therefore have your mouth too full to say 'that's an incredibly stupid thing to say, Racist Uncle John.' There's a spectrum from 'ignore all of it' to 'plant the turkey on his head and stomp out the door' to explore. How egregious would this relative have to be in order to get you to say something to refute him?"

He smiled. "It's better to practice here than tomorrow when bad argument timing can prevent you from getting to eat pie."

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[sith_happened]

Looking forward to pie.

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Tisarwat

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Okuyasu Nijimura

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Lana Beniko

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Nell Ingram

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Sabine Wren

Listen to the lecture

[sith_happened]

Ahh, the fine line between truth and not making grandma unhappy.

Discuss!

[sith_happened]

If your reality doesn't have a Thanksgiving, pick a family-or-stranger intensive celebration of your choosing instead.

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[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

"Tea," Tisarwat offered, with the faint, slightly smug smile of someone who felt that this in particular was one of her well-honed skills, "is such an incredible social lubricant in situations like these. Or perhaps coffee or cocoa or whatever else might be served at any particular event, because, when things get a little too uncomfortable, one can always just start to see how everyone's doing on their beverages. Which then opens the door to notice something on a topic a bit less contentious: someone's new gloves, or perhaps a new pin, or a hairstyle you find particularly interest, or pretty much anything except those topics perhaps delicately avoided."

And no one in this room should be surprised to have heard this take on it from Tisarwat, really.

"And," she added, since she figured this might be a follow-up question, "if certain parties insist on staying on topic, you can just laugh and suggest they've either had too much or too little tea, and move on."

Talk to Anakin

[sith_happened]

Who was suuuuper looking forward to dinner with Rory's grandparents, why would you think otherwise?

OOC

[sith_happened]

Screw you, Racist Uncle John.