tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post3422954016040246341..comments2024-03-19T02:36:36.348-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: One of the Dumber Arguments I've HeardKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-74479275722127541642014-02-20T19:45:11.724-05:002014-02-20T19:45:11.724-05:00A Calvinist preacher your question is one of the v...A Calvinist preacher your question is one of the very things sociologist have been trying to uncover forever and a day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-16111198515069404242008-06-11T16:51:00.000-04:002008-06-11T16:51:00.000-04:00There would be no such sanction as ostracization i...There would be no such sanction as ostracization if people did not at least occasionally choose it.<BR/><BR/>Why is it chosen, though? The answer to THAT question is one of the more intriguing sources of insight into the human character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-41327925168305368392007-11-06T14:47:00.000-05:002007-11-06T14:47:00.000-05:00Here's another good example: a Syrian Jewish commu...Here's another <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/magazine/14syrians-t.html" REL="nofollow">good example</A>: a Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn that ostracizes anybody who marries outside the faith. And they mean it.Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182644885948983861noreply@blogger.com