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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:26 pm Post subject: Sex and Torture in America |
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Sex and Torture in America
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How does sex differ from torture? The one is good and the other bad, might be your immediate reply. But were I to describe an act of torture, this would be taken as a serious article. Were I to describe an act of sex, then political publications wouldn't publish it, spam filters wouldn't allow you to receive it, and if you did receive it, you might turn away. In fact, we have set up numerous mechanisms, external and internal, to protect you from sex that just don't exist for torture and should possibly be considered. Such as:
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Sex, as you know on some level and resist on another, is one of the most beautiful things in life, involving the most extreme pleasure, the most extreme expressions of love and connection. Sex is sustaining and beneficial. How does this differ from torture? Torture is the very worst thing in the world, involving the most extreme suffering, pain, agony, humiliation, despair, and misery. Its devouring effects are long lasting, very long lasting, often longer than a lifetime. What does it say about America that we increasingly tell each other that wisdom involves more openness to torture than to sex?
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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Hmm... I've always thought that (all things considered...) sex was torture - you mean there's a difference?  |
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wannago
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Ah yes, the BB troll rises out of the cesspool once again with yet another anti-America posting. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, I posted it because I thought it would be fun.  |
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wannago
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
| Actually, I posted it because I thought it would be fun. |
OK, I can accept that. Sorry to pounce. |
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Sincinnatislink
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I hate fucking. Really. |
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