Reinga flouted an important norm (against freeloading) and eventually paid dearly [but] the fishermen who put him to death felt so duty-bound by a different norm (the norm of food-sharing) that they followed it even to the point of building up murderous resentment. #KevinSimler

- August 24, 2023

Reinga flouted an important norm (against freeloading) and eventually paid dearly [but] the fishermen who put him to death felt so duty-bound by a different norm (the norm of food-sharing) that they followed it even to the point of building up murderous resentment. #KevinSimler
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Reinga flouted an important norm (against freeloading) and eventually paid dearly [but] the fishermen who put him to death felt so duty-bound by a different norm (the norm of food-sharing) that they followed it even to the point of building up murderous resentment. #KevinSimler

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