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Eugine_Nier comments on What truths are actually taboo? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 May 2013 03:18:04AM 4 points [-]

But it does mean that we can't pride ourselves on how civilized we are compared to our barbaric ancestors as of, say, 5 centuries ago.

Or feel ashamed at how much more sexually repressed we are as savageorange was doing above.