Dianavan--I think that's just Oedipus, which means club-foot. I didn't know about the other examples related to it though.

A good high-horse is an expedient choice rather than a moral one. One of mine is turn-signals. How hard is it?

Sometimes you can't do what you want without people assuming a high-horse. I'm a vegetarian with no big rationale. But I do wonder about people who get ugly about hunting but buy meat at a store. What on earth is wrong with hunting?

I have some high-horses I like to race against others. Like when people blame media, especially in relation to kids. Last week a group of parents was going on about how some people let their kids watch shows that they won't, and I had to admit I let my kids watch every single one they mentioned. I didn't get into a high-horse race about it, but please let me now?
   I just don't want to fight a losing battle with what my kids will see. If I think something is stupid, I want them to see why and how. I want them to see it's just stuff some people wrote or made up and to think how it could be better. Besides--Rugrats and Recess and all those shows are pretty darn good. If they seem "disrespectful" to adults it's because that's what comedy is, as Aristotle--who really liked Oedipus--pointed out.