This is a picture of my dog eating another dog (it is a bit
of stretch, I realize). This is a prime example of a taboo in society. A taboo
is a norm so strongly ingrained in people that even the thought of its violation is
greeted with total disgust. Cannibalism is a total taboo because the thought of
eating our own species disgusts everybody. By my dog eating another dog, it is
breaking a taboo because it is eating its own kind. Not even animals eat their
own kind in the wild, so it is a universal taboo. Whenever somebody breaks a
taboo, the consequences are very extreme such as going to jail or death.
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