You added “a lot of places”. It’s not typical or expected here, so it’s not normal here.
So “normalcy” on this is geographically bound. So is it normal if my normal and your normal are different and the Internet is making us rub our normals together?
It’s normal in those places because it’s usual, typical or expected. If it’s not those things where you live, it’s not normal where you live. It’s not any harder than that.
You were complaining about places where people “just go with it”. If by that you mean places where it’s typical or even expected, then it’s normal there.
It’s not necessarily geographical but just about community, group or societal behaviour.
It’s me speaking, I say it’s not normal here, so it’s not normal. By your definition.
Of course if we dispense with the pendantry we would argue that the point of saying it’s not normal is to highlight how it’s inconsistent with the approach of society towards the rest of itself, so a society where women change their name to take their husband’s is not normal because it’s inconsistent with the rest of the mores regarding the interactions between men and women.
But that’d require not nitpicking a thing to pick a pedantic fight online that is a waste of time, so… not in the scope of this conversation, I suppose.
Every part of that statement is arguable and every argument would be a bit of a waste of time, so we can probably leave it there.
It’s definitely not what most do where I’m from, though. It’s not a thing at all.
Typical and even expected in a lot of places. There it would be considered normal
You added “a lot of places”. It’s not typical or expected here, so it’s not normal here.
So “normalcy” on this is geographically bound. So is it normal if my normal and your normal are different and the Internet is making us rub our normals together?
Told you it was a waste of time.
It’s normal in those places because it’s usual, typical or expected. If it’s not those things where you live, it’s not normal where you live. It’s not any harder than that.
You were complaining about places where people “just go with it”. If by that you mean places where it’s typical or even expected, then it’s normal there.
It’s not necessarily geographical but just about community, group or societal behaviour.
Okay, so it’s not normal.
It’s me speaking, I say it’s not normal here, so it’s not normal. By your definition.
Of course if we dispense with the pendantry we would argue that the point of saying it’s not normal is to highlight how it’s inconsistent with the approach of society towards the rest of itself, so a society where women change their name to take their husband’s is not normal because it’s inconsistent with the rest of the mores regarding the interactions between men and women.
But that’d require not nitpicking a thing to pick a pedantic fight online that is a waste of time, so… not in the scope of this conversation, I suppose.
You don’t think it’s normal but for them it is. Simple as
No, wait, why can you phrase it that way but not “it’s not normal but they think it is”.
Why is one of those statements not equivalent to the other?
Because for them over in wherever it is normal. If they lived where you live it wouldn’t be normal.
Okay, but what says their perspective takes precedence? You’re saying it’s normal for them. Cool. I’m saying it’s not normal for us.
Why is their normal a higher priority than our not normal? Either “normal” is a meaningless concept or you need a better justification than that.