When the question, "is it/can it be okay" is asked, my first thought often is, "okay" in what sense, and for whom? If I can justify my actions, I can make just about anything be "okay" for myself.
But if I'm asking about society at large, it becomes a lot more complicated.
This is such a huge taboo, that I don't see it being something society at large would ever consider permissible and moral. Individuals, sure. Small segments, sure.
But we've been present on the planet for a very long time, and it's still a taboo.
So I'd say it is unlikely ever to be "okay" in that sense. Then again, other things which were taboo for a long time became "okay," or are becoming more okay, more acceptable. I know it's not okay for me, and never will be.
Meh. Whatever flips your dolphin, I guess.
