What is good taste?

[jake-the-peg]

Not examples but a definition

And where does the idea come from?

[Gromit]

What is good taste?

I haven't the slightest idea.

[Octavius]

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Shame, I quite liked his ass.

[beryllium]

Lololol :D xxx

[naomi24]

Ruby, perhaps it might be an idea to formulate your own opinions rather than go with someone else's, ie Marx, especially when those opinions result in producing inverted snobbery. To give an example, people of religion usually go with other people's opinions - and most liberated, thinking people are well aware that brainwashing is the outcome.

[ruby27]

jake-the-peg
Good points, picky but good

Beauty and proportion. The concept is universal but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Consider in the West the notion of what is a beautiful women, this certainly would not be shared by Asian, African or Aboriginal cultures.

Colors clashing, weak point and not well supported.
Symmetry. Now isn�t this about breeding and an innate ability to identify strong breeding partners. Now this sort of ability is also observed in the wider animal world, I am not sure the drive to find a healthy partner is actually �good taste�.

All humans have a love of beauty what ever that is, whether it is mountain forests, interaction between and infant and its carer, your child�s first picture of you, or a sketch by Leonardo da Vinci. What is atheistically pleasing is between you and the object observed. Good taste is about rules and defining what is or what isn�t, the inclusion of something�s and the exclusion of others.

[ruby27]

naomi24
"most liberated, thinking people"
But I am clearly not one of those. I probably haven't had an original idea ever. I am afraid that I have to rely on other people for my understanding of the world, why I wouldn't have even worked out what 2 plus 2 equalled unless I had been taught!

I will leave being self opinionated to you

ruby27

[naomi24]

Ok, Ruby.

[ruby27]

Bye the way

Can I say a big thanks to ludwig for his/her understanding of my original answer. Without people like him/her you have to question whether you should answer.

[naomi24]

Ruby, we are not at war - we're simply taking part in a discussion, and if we disagree on certain topics, then so be it. That is the nature of debate and it doesn't make us enemies. Your first post, in my opinion, read as inverted snobbery and vitriolic criticism of the wealthy, since it gave the distinct impression that they consider the working man to be a miserable uncultured 'oik' - your words, not mine. Intelligent people, rich or poor, recognise that simply isn't true. If I wanted to be politically correct (which I never will be), I would find your post offensive towards both the so-called working classes and the so-called upper classes. Now there's a dilemma!

Secondly I made the observation that, like religious fervour, a strong political affiliation can, and in my opinion, does, weaken logical thought processes. Before the question is raised, assumptions are already in place and the mind is made up, so the subject matter is never openly or rationally considered, and individual thoughts and ideas that may once have been present, are repressed - or even forgotten completely.

[feist]

You either have it or you don't. Sadly for many on here, after reading many of their rubbish/tactless posts, they don't have it.