[ExI] India and the periodic table

[William Flynn Wallace]

Daniel, any time one makes a generalization you can criticize it for
ignoring details.  Of course the US South is the most conservative and the
coast more liberal, but look at what you can put on TV?  Where can you put
a bare female breast on TV?  Not around here.  France, yes.  SCandanavia?
Overall we are still conservative.   I taught a course in sexuality, and
there were Southern and Northern versions.  In the Northern versions they
showed pictures of various body parts etc.  In the South those were
converted to drawings!  How silly can you get?
bill w

On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 2:52 PM efc--- via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Hello Bill,
>
> On Fri, 9 Jun 2023, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat wrote:
>
> > People in the rest of the world may think that the US is a live and let
> live country.  Far from the truth.  We rate on sexual matters
> > as conservative, at times radically so.  Europeans go to bed on the
> first date. That is far from common practice here.  Paranormal
>
> Doesn't that differ by state and sub culture how conservative things are
> from a sexual point of view?
>
> When it comes to europeans, let me assure you that europeans going to
> bed on the first date is far, far from the norm. Maybe in some
> countries, but definitely not in any of the countries I lived in.
>
> > sexual things like crossdressing, make for good humor in conservative
> circles in the past, but not now.  My college put on such a
> > show and everyone laughed at the Dean in drag.  Perhaps they don't do
> that now.  bill w
>
> Right now there is a huge political controversy in sweden since
> crossdressers have been invited to libraries to read stories to
> children. The left is pro, the nationalists contra and the middle quiet.
>
> Best regards,
> Daniel
>
>
> > On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 8:53 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >       Hello spike,
> >
> >       On Thu, 8 Jun 2023, spike jones via extropy-chat wrote:
> >
> >       >> ...I propose "the third way" where companies return to their
> roots and only
> >       > focus on long term profit and skip the politics...
> >       >
> >       > The third way you propose, if anything, is an understatement.  I
> would
> >       > emphasize that the CEO is hired specifically to maximize profits
> for the
> >       > shareholders.  It is one's ethical duty to do the job one is
> hired to do.
> >
> >       Oh how far we've gotten from that simple, rational and logical
> model. =(
> >       I agree with you, but the past 2 years I've met with many CEOs and
> >       chairmans of the boards of small to mid sized swedish companies,
> and
> >       they are all about diversity, inclusivity, equity, greenwashing and
> >       anything else that you might read in your center/left newspaper.
> >
> >       But I believe that we'll see more CEOs eventually who will revert
> back
> >       to Classic Capitalism (TM).
> >
> >       > The CEO is not hired to right every wrong in society.  That is
> what we elect
> >       > politicians to do.  CEOs should check their politics at the
> door, focus on
> >       > making money.  That's their job, their only job, and their duty.
> >
> >       Or so one would think. But at least in sweden, that is a minority
> point
> >       of view. About the US I think it is one of those polarizing
> questions.
> >
> >       >> ...What do you think? Could this be a new trend?
> >       >
> >       >> ...Best regards,
> >       > Daniel
> >       >
> >       >
> >       > The Bud Light signal is hard to ignore.  It was an object lesson
> that most
> >       > CEOs heard loud and clear.  A few missed it.  Target missed the
> target,
> >       > ended up alienating nearly everybody.  Fire that CEO, get one
> who will keep
> >       > quiet, serve everyone, don't participate in society's culture
> wars.
> >
> >       Where the CEOs of Bud Light and Target fired in the end?
> >
> >       > It would be nice of the universities would likewise back away
> from culture
> >       > wars, but those seem to be the primary battle fields.
> >
> >       I read something about, was it... Florida, trying to roll back the
> >       politics in some public schools and this generated a lot of tears
> among
> >       students and faculty.
> >
> >       Best regards,
> >       Daniel
> >
> >
> >       > spike
> >       >
> >       >
> >       >
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