My initial reaction was “plastic straws/bags” as well, but the approach from ‘meerpirat’ now seems like the obvious way to go. I don’t know anything on the topic, but there must be some clearly successful religious crusades that would be widely accepted as harmful now?
I’m trying to think of a more modern example that readers are more likely to find intuitively relatable, but run into the problem like you say in comment above “perhaps all the main causes which people focus on are at least somewhat good.” I think the best bet if you are to stick with more relatable causes is to highlight a cause that you can convince readers is clearly not as good . For example, poverty/health concerns of developed nations vs developing nations). You might hit a snag with many readers who have strong “charity begins at home” intuitions but it would be food for thought at least, and persuasive on readers you are likely targeting.
edit: I prefer ’alexrjl’s plastic straws example, as has reasons for why it is likely actually bad.
My initial reaction was “plastic straws/bags” as well, but the approach from ‘meerpirat’ now seems like the obvious way to go. I don’t know anything on the topic, but there must be some clearly successful religious crusades that would be widely accepted as harmful now?
I’m trying to think of a more modern example that readers are more likely to find intuitively relatable, but run into the problem like you say in comment above “perhaps all the main causes which people focus on are at least somewhat good.” I think the best bet if you are to stick with more relatable causes is to highlight a cause that you can convince readers is clearly not as good . For example, poverty/health concerns of developed nations vs developing nations). You might hit a snag with many readers who have strong “charity begins at home” intuitions but it would be food for thought at least, and persuasive on readers you are likely targeting.
edit: I prefer ’alexrjl’s plastic straws example, as has reasons for why it is likely actually bad.