tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post110805832936125900..comments2023-10-31T04:46:50.678-04:00Comments on Stregoneria: Let's hear it for cynical exploitationlorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06976499853247756152noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1132104180585892022005-11-15T20:23:00.000-05:002005-11-15T20:23:00.000-05:00The site thatyou are about to visit now has every ...The site thatyou are about to visit now has every info that you ever would need about<A HREF="http://www.minuteviagra.com/weight-maze.html" REL="nofollow">online prescription viagra</A> Be sure to check it out. Now over 17k visitors a day !Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01965886149426151588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1108241821519956392005-02-12T15:57:00.000-05:002005-02-12T15:57:00.000-05:00Be fair, Lorraine. The politicians and clerics are...Be fair, Lorraine. The politicians and clerics are preaching for power, not values. That's like saying that Bush is really a christian. He's an opportunist, just like the rest of the people you named.<br /><br />I live with a genuine prude. He's not christian, republican, or Pro-Bush, but he's a genuine prude. <br /><br />I think the issue is how people determine their self identities. They pick a group like "liberal" or "conservative." They know how society defines those groups, and maybe they agree with 80% of what that group is supposed to mean. <br /><br />The question is how much of the remaining 20% of what they don't believe will they promote in order to feel they fit in with the group. Just because they promote the remaining 20% does not mean that they believe that 20%.<br /><br />And yet, there are people who do believe that 20% within the group because these labels are umbrellas. <br /><br />My dad might not fit within the conservative mold sufficiently to call himself conservative, and yet he gets indignant about pornography. And it's not as if he cuddles up to porn magazines. He genuinely has a few screws loose when it comes to such issues. <br /><br />Both my parents got really upset when they discovered that my ex and I were having pre-marital sex before we were engaged. And I was 26 years old at the time! <br /><br />So whereas I can see how you might believe that prudes are fakes, but I know there are plenty of for real prudes because both my parents are prudes. <br /><br />And yes, there are plenty of people who pretend to be prudes because they want to fit in one group or another, but that doesn't change the fact that there are plenty of people who are just plain screwy about sex. It's a cultural thing. <br /><br />Maybe it's just something you have to have lived in the Bible belt all your life to be aware of. I hate to say that because I am always trying to convince people that Texans are so very weird as the stereotypes suggest. I've always tried to convince myself that it's a generational issue because I do have such different attitudes about sex from my parents. But I assure you that they are not out buying porn movies, and while they are also not complaining to the FCC about sex on TV, they never watch commercial TV.Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797354221021200549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1108147066226882382005-02-11T13:37:00.000-05:002005-02-11T13:37:00.000-05:00I think we have enough examples of the hypocrites ...I think we have enough examples of the hypocrites who condemn sex and then engage in "immoral" (their word, not mine) behaviour. Let's see if I can come up with a list:<br />Strom Thurmond<br />Henry Hyde<br />Jimmy Swaggart<br />Jim Bakker<br />Bill O'Reilly<br />Jack Ryan<br />Clarence Thomas<br /><br />I'm sure I'm missing a few. Feel free to contribute.<br />Then we can talk about men like Rush and Newt, both opposed to gay marriage because it destroys the sanctity of marriage, who, between them, have racked up 7 marriages. Or is 6? Or 8?lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976499853247756152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1108144863770651882005-02-11T13:01:00.000-05:002005-02-11T13:01:00.000-05:00On a Friday or Saturday night the church fathers(a...On a Friday or Saturday night the church fathers(and some of the mothers) of our communities switch towns and go strip clubs outside the usual community.<br />The largest growing community of AIDS cases in America is the over 65 group, because the guys got Viagra.<br /><br />The town I live in owns the cable TV company - It's a dry community, no alchohol sales at all ever, but there's pay per view porn.<br /><br />The Mayors wife shoplifts and the teen pregnancy rate is in the top 5 in the state because of the total abstinence sex ed. program.1138https://www.blogger.com/profile/05236610360430502600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1108125432821075382005-02-11T07:37:00.000-05:002005-02-11T07:37:00.000-05:00Sheryl. I think the overlap between these groups i...Sheryl. I think the overlap between these groups is greater than you think--I always imagined that the Starr Report was used as a stroke book by those who condemned Clinton in the same gasp.lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976499853247756152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1108120488221126812005-02-11T06:14:00.000-05:002005-02-11T06:14:00.000-05:00Whereas I agree with the sentiment of what is bein...Whereas I agree with the sentiment of what is being said, I would hazard a guess that different people complain to the FCC about pornography from the ones who subscribe to Hustler.<br /><br />If the same society produce both groups, it's probably because they are reacting to each other the way liberals and conservatives react to each other. <br /><br />Kind of the way whenever I clean up the kitchen super nice, my dad takes it as cue to cook the most extravagent, messy invention he can think up. To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797354221021200549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1108100721834411162005-02-11T00:45:00.000-05:002005-02-11T00:45:00.000-05:00There was Lesbo stuff and I missed it!?!
I dunno w...There was Lesbo stuff and I missed it!?!<br />I dunno what's with this country, and I'm begining to think I never will.<br />"Morality" issues define an electorate while they sneak back home and buy pay per view porn, in the morning the moan about the decline of values and in the evening watch and giggle, then scorn the lesbian kisses and other titilation.<br /><br />I used to hope for the day that TV and movies would represent 'complete' relationships that included Mrs. Cleaver and Ward having a sexual relationship as well as a parental one. One where men and women got to be men and women and not animitrons for social and consumer engineering.<br /><br />By the way, WTF is blogger doing with this new format for posting?1138https://www.blogger.com/profile/05236610360430502600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1108100669422608522005-02-11T00:44:00.000-05:002005-02-11T00:44:00.000-05:00Which is to say: our bodies look different from t...Which is to say: our bodies look different from the perspective of ratings and profits than they do from a pro-human vantage point.J.R. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09076895859826581960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1108100415815623402005-02-11T00:40:00.000-05:002005-02-11T00:40:00.000-05:00Great post, Lorraine. I think the key is to organ...Great post, Lorraine. I think the key is to organize around our common values and keep doing it until they can't be ignored...J.R. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09076895859826581960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1108082477722685362005-02-10T19:41:00.000-05:002005-02-10T19:41:00.000-05:00Here Here! (or There There!) I agree completely. ...Here Here! (or There There!) I agree completely. We've a very screwed up society going here. Maybe I'll become a priest. Oh, wait...bad idea.Some Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005929871944388002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169597.post-1108080860675654582005-02-10T19:14:00.000-05:002005-02-10T19:14:00.000-05:00I know what you're talking about... I caught the p...I know what you're talking about... I caught the promo yesterday and decided that from now on, OC will stand for, "Oh CHRIST!"Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503327097938891097noreply@blogger.com