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So, I think often about arguments about 'cultural relativism.' It seems it comes down to 'what values trump discrete units being left alone, be it an individual or a group. (I am not sure if it is appropriate to call it a right)?'

People get called an absolutist if they want less of that value or a relativist if they want more of that value. Since individuals and situations must be taken into account to decide this, you can call it relativism. However, since the values must be definable and for you, the final authority, you can call it absolutism.

I am not strong on philosophy, but that is the best way I can summarize my observation.

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Another Unknown Armies related story. No warnings this time, just some swears. This is about Alia Magid, a teenage girl spending her summer before college catching up on her family, including Peter Ravlin, an independent movie director.

Alia as a six-year-old is in bold. Alia as an eighteen-year-old is not.

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