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Yep. As with many of our rules that allows civilization to exist. Though, the idea of "Negative repercussions to society" is highly subjective. If someone takes your wallet it doesn't adversely affect society at large. Still doesn't mean it's okay.

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Yep. As with many of our rules that allows civilization to exist. Though, the idea of "Negative repercussions to society" is highly subjective. If someone takes your wallet it doesn't adversely affect society at large. Still doesn't mean it's okay.

Arguably, it does. Not the act in itself, but the concept of the rule of law as inviolable is what society is built upon.

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Yep. As with many of our rules that allows civilization to exist. Though, the idea of "Negative repercussions to society" is highly subjective. If someone takes your wallet it doesn't adversely affect society at large. Still doesn't mean it's okay.

Arguably, it does. Not the act in itself, but the concept of the rule of law as inviolable is what society is built upon.

Actually, I'd argue that society on a grand scale is built around the fear that the government will do harm to you if you step out of line. However, on a more micro level I believe society is built upon a common respect for your fellow man. Whether is a fear of harm being done to you or actual consideration of others is debatable. But we as humans follow some unwritten code that establishes (usually) unspoken guidelines on how to conduct yourself. If we didn't follow such guidelines civilization wouldn't be able to exist since we'd be intolerable towards each other. Washing yourself is one of those guidelines. It shows that not only do you respect yourself enough to keep your body clean but you respect your fellow man enough not to bombard him or her with your horrible stench.

Now, why these guidelines are the way they are is a whole different kettle of fish. I believe it's because animals developed an aversion to the smell of decay which BO tends to mimic but, like I said, this isn't within the general topic of this thread.

This thread has gone so far off the rails in places. But here's something we haven't addressed.

 Rune Stonegrinder wrote:
We happen to have a person at our FLGS who has sportsmanship and outburst issues not sure if it would qualify as a anger control issues. But they sure can suck the fun out of the room fast.

Anger Management and sore losers.

My finance was playing a game with one of the other players and we had a potential new player in the store. The other player threw a huge angry outburst hissy fit over the game, because he was losing. That outburst put the potential new player off the game, so much that he didn't want to play with people like that in the community.

Everything about the game was legal, and nothing was really well

Brother Michael wrote:

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:
So, in the end body odor more or less comes down to "because society says so!", as opposed to any actual negative reprecussions to society at large, such as in the example of rape jokes?

Well, you're not going to shout out rape jokes in public, either...

You'd be surprised.

 Schlyne wrote:
This thread has gone so far off the rails in places. But here's something we haven't addressed.

 Rune Stonegrinder wrote:
We happen to have a person at our FLGS who has sportsmanship and outburst issues not sure if it would qualify as a anger control issues. But they sure can suck the fun out of the room fast.

Anger Management and sore losers.

My finance was playing a game with one of the other players and we had a potential new player in the store. The other player threw a huge angry outburst hissy fit over the game, because he was losing. That outburst put the potential new player off the game, so much that he didn't want to play with people like that in the community.

Everything about the game was legal, and nothing was really well

The same happened to me with my first game of Classic Battletech, when an adult is throwing a hissy fit at a 12 year old because of the toy soldier game they're playing chances are one of these individuals needs to do significantly more growing up, and it wasn't then 12 year old me.