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Originally posted by Pathfinder
Of course the terms are arbitrary distinctions and are freely applied by each generation based upon the generational perspective so the "premise" is applicable in real life terms.
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I must disagree again.
Your premise may be the modus operandi for most people, most of the time, but that does not make it normative or "real life" any more than the content of god belief is validated by the sheer number of people who hold it.
Arbitrary disctinctions are only arbitrary as long as one is unaware, or unwilling to admit, that they are arbitrary. Once that is done they can begin to be brought into the light of objectivity.
An example: People are fond of placing (quite unconsciously..) the word "my" in front of things they came into posession of purely by chance, usually because it makes them feel superior or gives them reason to make negative comparisons. Me good, you bad! My religion, my family, my country, my culture, my people, good! Your country, your religion, your culture, bad!
The obvious objection is true, someone might freely choose a religion, choose to move to another culture, or choose to disavow their own, but these people are by far the minority. People sufficiently endowed of character to make such choices objectively are also usually the last one we will find "my'ing" things for egotisms sake, so to them this doesn't apply.