Originally Posted by sopsych

Adultery is technically still a crime in much of the United States. Enforcement still happens sometimes when it involves the military. Apparently adultery is at least technically criminal in most non-European nations. And decades ago the law was enforced almost everywhere because adultery is really bad, because it hurts individuals and society much more than people today realize - hint: the mental illness epidemic. Also, most people underestimate how common adultery is. (Do you know what your partner is doing right now?) Racism today, on the other hand, probably is harmless as practiced by most individuals (mainly thoughts they keep to themselves and their close associates). We're talking bad individuals, remember. This is way off-topic, so maybe it should end here.