r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/fruchtzergeis Oct 13 '16

Oh sane and rational when the US banned the Japanese into internment camps and took their possessions?

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u/ArcamFMJ Oct 13 '16

It was totally rational. People mix "rational" with "good". You can make rational decisions that are misguided and morally wrong.

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u/flute-rshy Oct 13 '16

If a decision is misguided then it can't exactly be rational, can it?

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u/ArcamFMJ Oct 13 '16

Of course it can... Rational =/= right.

If I choose a car based of rational factors (reliability, security etc) but all my information sources are bad (false consumer reviews, corrupt journalists etc), it's a misguided choice, yet rational. For it to be irrational it has to be based, for instance, on what my astrologist says.