On: Clean People Feel Morally Superior

[mynameishere]

Well maybe they are. Why bother with peoples feeling's about x before bothering about x itself.

"Clean people commit less crimes." Not unthinkable.

[jrockway → mynameishere]

"Clean people commit less crimes." Not unthinkable.

Correlation, causation, etc., etc.

Clean people commit fewer street crimes, probably, but when was the last time a poorly-dressed bum stole the pension fund for a major corporation?

[j_baker → mynameishere]

I'll grant you that it's not unthinkable. But I think it's highly unlikely that there's any kind of non-spurrious correlation between cleanliness and crime.

[hugh3 → j_baker]

I find it just as plausible as the idea here that it makes you more morally judgemental of others. If it makes you more judgemental of others, it might well make you more judgemental of yourself.

I don't know if we can necessarily cut street crime by handing out free showers to bums and thugs. Might be worth a try.

[gscott → mynameishere]

Biden said Obama was Clean.... probably what he meant was that he was superior.