tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post6745679534732042842..comments2024-03-18T22:21:01.033-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Latrines, taboos, vulgarity, and the InternetGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-79008356008905990252012-06-04T12:22:46.187-04:002012-06-04T12:22:46.187-04:00Oh yeah, LR1 has a pretty good point too.Oh yeah, LR1 has a pretty good point too.bthunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789441349826379510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-36222124141177590412012-06-04T12:22:00.829-04:002012-06-04T12:22:00.829-04:00Agree with Douglas and Mike.Agree with Douglas and Mike.bthunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789441349826379510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-18770844160552630912012-06-04T09:24:59.483-04:002012-06-04T09:24:59.483-04:00Douglas nails it. I cannot believe how often thes...Douglas nails it. I cannot believe how often these "experts" confuse correlation with causation. Perhaps those societies have sanitation problems BECAUSE they're less democratic, less free, and more poor.<br /><br />I'll submit that they're probably more poor because they're less democratic and less free, but that's a discussion for another day.MikeDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-69189318626986878402012-06-04T06:10:17.916-04:002012-06-04T06:10:17.916-04:00"Recently it has even been argued that cross-...<i>"Recently it has even been argued that cross-national differences in closed-mindedness and intolerance are excretion-related:"</i><br /><br />I think this is a poor analysis of the quoted identified relationship, which does not attribute causality. That lead-in implies that poor sanitation leads to intolerance, but it seems to me much more reasonable to posit that the relationship is the inverse- degraded societies, morally, also don't properly value things like sanitation.<br /><br />I suspect the decline in graffiti in the stalls is more due to the materials and textures used in the construction of the stall walls, than any lack of will on the part of graffiti 'artists'.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261739259295914188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-92141348867155437812012-06-03T19:14:57.592-04:002012-06-03T19:14:57.592-04:00And here I thought the decline in stall wit stemme...And here I thought the decline in stall wit stemmed from declining wit in general. <br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-74510702370508597252012-06-03T18:49:35.333-04:002012-06-03T18:49:35.333-04:00Might I suggest, Tex, replacing that picture with ...Might I suggest, Tex, replacing that picture with one <a href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/0D4D6BDB/Medieval-Knight-Toilet-Paper" rel="nofollow">a bit more thematic</a>?Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com