They also seek to learn how other societies think militarily by studying the games of those people.

"The society thinks that you can never be too thin or too rich," she said.

"And I wanted to do it working with folks our society thinks are throwaways."

This is true for the believing Catholic, whether society thinks so or not.

"If society thought free trade was of no use, I would not be mayor."

"This is the way our society thinks about boys."

I could see why Elizabeth had such a low opinion about what polite society thought desirable in women.

But, of course, societies do not think, only people do.

What should a society that considers itself civilized think about all this?

There are two reasons society might think it fair that the rich should pay more.