More people who confuse "normal" with "right"

[conuly]

Unfortunately, in this country, it's not normal for one year olds to still be nursing. Tabloids are infamous for lying, of course, and should be commended for this rare occasion of truth.

"How could something natural be not normal?"

Very simply. Clothing? Unnatural. But going naked is not normal. Shoes? Unnatural. Being barefoot is better for (most people's) feet anyway. But it's also, in most cases, not normal. Our infant mortality rate? A VERY GOOD THING. Normal. But not natural at all. The natural infant mortality rate was much higher.

*sighs*

English, people, if it's your native language, please treat it with respect.

*grins* Reminds me of a book I read when I was younger... One More River. Remember that? Girl emigrates to Israel, lives on a kibbutz? Yeah. At one point, another girl calls a guy "just not normal" to mean that she thinks he's hot.

Comments

[conuly]

1. Dictionary.com sucks. Seriously.
2. Clothing is NOT natural. What's natural is living someplace warm where we don't need it.

[deceptica]

1. If you say so. I still think it's right in this case, just going by my feeling. I was only using it to check. :-P

2. Makes me curious, what would you consider natural behaviour for humans then? Personally I tend to agree with a guy I met online who said that everything we do is natural because we're part of nature. It would seem hypocritical to say it's natural for animals to build and use things (nests, hills, simple tools,...), but a human using things (clothes for example) is unnatural behaviour.