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Sacred prostitution (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Eh. There was a literal theocratic heirarchy involved. I wouldn't assume everyone was a willing participant.

Or over 13.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

dont think he read the whole page at all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Or maybe they were appreciating the positive aspects of a concept without restricting the idea to one flawed implementation.

It's like saying communism is nice because sick people don't have to work as much as healthy people for a good standard is living. Responding "well Stalin killed 60 million people" isn't really meaningfully engaging with OP.