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To: Snurple

I have a set of guiding principles. They are different from yours. They are my own. My guiding principles say that sexuality is no big deal. Why does nobody remember the lessons from prohibition? When you forbid something you make it that much more enticing.

At the end of the day, humans are animals. Look at our behaviors in groups and alone. “A person is smart, people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals.” Common decency, morals, etc. are artificial societal constructs. One man’s common decency is another man’s prudishness.

I understand that when you poke and prod at someone’s inner “moral fiber” that you’re going to get resistance because human beings are conciously resistant to change. We are mentally lazy. I understand that when I say something against the “God squad” here that I’m going to get flamed. It doesn’t change my frame.


62 posted on 12/29/2008 8:53:42 AM PST by AntiKev ("Within the strangest people, truth can find the strangest home." - Great Big Sea - Company of Fools)
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To: AntiKev
I have a set of guiding principles. They are different from yours. They are my own. My guiding principles say that sexuality is no big deal. Why does nobody remember the lessons from prohibition? When you forbid something you make it that much more enticing.

Majors pushing sexuality on minors is a big deal. Certainly you would agree with that, right?

87 posted on 12/29/2008 9:47:30 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: AntiKev

Prohibition of alcohol has nothing to do exercising some restraint regarding “soft porn” storefronts.


105 posted on 12/29/2008 10:05:39 AM PST by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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To: AntiKev
At the end of the day, humans are animals.

Hey, if you consider yourself an animal far be it from me to disagree, you know yourself far better than I ever could. As for myself, I am not an animal nor do I behave like one. Dogs screw on your front lawn, take a dump right in front of you....because they are animals, they have no modesty, no morals. If you really believe humans are no different than animals, I pity you.

143 posted on 12/29/2008 11:04:30 AM PST by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: AntiKev
Why does nobody remember the lessons from prohibition? When you forbid something you make it that much more enticing.

When prohibition ended, they did not start selling gin to children on every corner. In fact they still prohibit sales to children and prohibit children from establishments that sell it as a general rule.

Prohibition is a false analogy to the pathetic standards of modern advertising.

Sex is a big deal in my life and I'd like it to remain a bid deal by keeping it mysterious and private. I dread the day when VS type advertising is so inescapable that it's on cereal boxes. It's approaching fast.

167 posted on 12/29/2008 11:36:44 AM PST by Valpal1 (Always be prepared to make that difference.)
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