Ethics, Wednesday, December 4, 2019

[sith_happened]

"Good mor--" Anakin began before a flock? herd? troupe? committee? of penguins burst through the door juggling fish and doing a quick tumbling routine before bowing to their audicene and racing off.

"--ning," Anakin said, blinking. "Welcome to December in Fandom, all you newcomers. It doesn't get less strange and at least once this month you'll have to shower in spiced wine or hot chocolate. Which brings us to our discussion question today: cultural differences and how to draw the line for what you will accept in a way that won't alienate the other being. Do you accept hugs from bears? Just not shower for the day? What if it's a cultural tradition not to eat meat one day a week? Or not eat at all for an entire month as long as the sun is shining? What if the tradition is arranged marriage? Or child brides? Or slavery?"

He smiled. "I did escalate quite a bit at the end there. But the question is: where do you draw the line for yourself, not how wrong this other culture is. As an outsider, the chances of you changing their opinions on anything are basically non-existent."

Comments

Sign in 12/4

[sith_happened]

wtf penguins.

Re: Sign in 12/4

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine Wren

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[bookbeltof_love]

Nina Argentum

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[mylandmyrules]

Nell Ingram

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[unusual_sith]

Lana Beniko

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[grandpoobah]

Grog Strongjaw

Watch the show!

[sith_happened]

And then listen to the lecture, but Anakin is under no illusion about what you're more interested in.

Re: Watch the show!

[mylandmyrules]

Escalated a bit, huh? Well, her church was pretty fond of arranged marriages and child brides, so...

But it's cultural!

[sith_happened]

Where's your line before you will try to avoid a culture? How would you politely disengage?

Re: But it's cultural!

[mylandmyrules]

"Sometimes the only thing you can do is try to get out," Nell said.

Re: But it's cultural!

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"It depends on the situation, but I'd say it doesn't do any harm in respecting another culture unless it really interferes with your own, and then just don't be a jerk about it," Sabine said.

It helped that she visibly came from a line of people with a reputation, which made that a lot easier.

...And she reserved the right to be flexible on this depending on said situation.

Talk to Anakin

[sith_happened]

If you're asking about the ethics of keeping a performing penguin, he's probably not going to have the answer you want.

OOC

[sith_happened]

Mmmm, cultural differences.