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Kinda literal, but we can’t carry guns or even box-cutters in an airplane (or sports stadium) which is arguably the most dense of communal spaces.
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Hmm. Humans do have some imagination, so wr don't quite need individualized physical mutilation - we use institutionalized violence. Ie the chickens that peck get thrown into chicken jail and made an example of, and everyone learns to psychologically debeak themselves
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a) It's callous to compare speech norms to actual cruelty of this sort & intensity. b) Institutionalized violence against children (including child genital mutilation, school and much of parenting) should come to mind.
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...a US penalty system that tacitly condones & relies on physical violation. ...an education system that mystifies one's own sexual biology and uses those misconceptions as a tool of manipulation. ...an economic system that steals just enough so victims don't all rebel at once.