Flame On Morality Reconsidered: Week 5, Post 5-

This Philosophical film, while making me rather uncomfortable at first, started making a whole lot more sense to me about two to two and half minutes in. This video uses homosexuality as an example of how what can be considered “sexually deviant” in one era becomes the standard of living in another. They make a great point in the video that what can be considered criminal in one epoch can in another be considered a sign of saintliness in another. They further state their point by stating in the film that an act that can get you a long prison sentence in one era can in another be considered a harmless past time. This is quiet interesting to me because I have always wondered about this exact thought process, especially after reading about how the during the Roman Era they used to have extremely elicit parties with crazy orgasmic orgy's. I remember learning about this in World History in High School and I have always wondered what was considered normal and what was considered unacceptable as well as what will be in the future, and how it differs from today's world.
This also applies to things like Marijuana. Nowadays, the drug Marijuana is an illegal substance in most of the world and is considered to be dangerous. Huge prison times are given to people who grow weed and they are locked up. In previous generations marijuana was only a recreational thing like cigarettes and alcohol. I am sure back in the day they didn't lock you up if you grew weed, there must have been a point through history that they did not penalize you and more than likely probably praised a person for growing it. Back to alcohol, the United States themselves had an alcohol prohibition and that was only 80 or 90 years ago. In modern times, alcohol is part of daily recreational use. It is used as a medium in social interactions. I find it interesting as to what makes something socially acceptable in certain eras throughout history and what makes something unacceptable. It is a wonder to me how we come to the conclusion that one thing is cool now when it wasn't cool then. I guess it’s all a part of being human.