Comments on: YUCK FACTOR http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/yuck_factor/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:12:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Paul http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/yuck_factor/comment-page-1/#comment-11837 Paul Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=4921#comment-11837 <i>The arguments about “the sanctity of marriage” and such are a smokescreen for “the yuck factor.”</i> From the chair of a single nontheist. The arguments about “the sanctity of marriage” and such are a smokescreen for “the yuck factor.”

From the chair of a single nontheist.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/yuck_factor/comment-page-1/#comment-11838 James Joyner Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=4921#comment-11838 Well, true. But, unless we're going to outlaw quickie marriages, easy divorce, no-fault divorce, serial marriage, and all the other things that violate the spirit of the institution, the "sanctity" argument is rather hollow. Well, true. But, unless we're going to outlaw quickie marriages, easy divorce, no-fault divorce, serial marriage, and all the other things that violate the spirit of the institution, the "sanctity" argument is rather hollow.

]]> By: Kate http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/yuck_factor/comment-page-1/#comment-11839 Kate Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=4921#comment-11839 Plasticized cadavers are to art what rotten.com is to the National Gallery. Plasticized cadavers are to art what rotten.com is to the National Gallery.

]]> By: Sean Hackbarth http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/yuck_factor/comment-page-1/#comment-11840 Sean Hackbarth Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=4921#comment-11840 Hayek made a point that culture contains knowledge passed down from previous generations. He would take an evolutionary angle and claim that those cultural traits that were passed on were because they allowed the adherents to survive. I think Hayek would also argue that ignoring the "yuck factor" by attempting to find an intellectually coherent position reaks of "scientism." To guess at whether Hayek would have backed gay marriage there's Virginia Postrel's interesting <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/01/11/hayek_on_gay_marriage/">little article</a>. --- Hayek made a point that culture contains knowledge passed down from previous generations. He would take an evolutionary angle and claim that those cultural traits that were passed on were because they allowed the adherents to survive. I think Hayek would also argue that ignoring the "yuck factor" by attempting to find an intellectually coherent position reaks of "scientism." To guess at whether Hayek would have backed gay marriage there's Virginia Postrel's interesting little article.

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