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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:29 PM Original message |
Why should we assume promiscuity is any better than puritanism? |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. As a kinky promiscuous bisexual... |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I don't care what you do |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. I don't do it to rebel. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. You might want to look into the history of the gay rights movement |
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George_S (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. What is your source, sangh0? n/t |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. I know that history intimately. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. i agree with him |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 02:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
74. "What changed was the feeling...."??? |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #74 |
85. Bullshit. |
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greekspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 05:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
55. Good Christ on a Pogo Stick, Sangh0 |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #55 |
75. Read my post again |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. Interesting theory, but I don't see your point |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
76. My point |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 03:05 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. That's heavy |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 04:41 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. read James Baldwin. |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 05:07 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. Thanks - I'll check out some of his stuff |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 05:14 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. "The Fire Next Time," "Another Country," |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why should you assume Puritans were not promiscuous? |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. The historical data shows that a significant # of puritan marriages were |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. I simply can't understand why folks care who other folks are fucking |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. i agree completely |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 07:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
66. As my mother once told me..... |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #66 |
95. you must love only children huh |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Very interesting points. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. i think peoples individual sex lives is none of our business |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because promiscuity promotes freedom.Puritanism is authoritarian. |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. How does promiscuity promote freedom? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Due to...? |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. you are making no sense |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 05:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
97. sometimes that happens |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. As someone who is still promiscuous... |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I doubt it |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. lol |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Dispute resolution time on DU. As the ultimate authority on |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
79. As the ultimate authority on sexual abstinence |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hedonism is not only self-correcting |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. 'Taint nobody's business but my own |
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patdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. TRUST ME, I am no puritan, but I cared deeply about my son, and |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. "Playboy" channel?! |
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patdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Because of the 'music and filters'..every thing was perfect... |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. No man should be forced to tolerate less than DDDs |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I had a relationship with a much younger man |
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patdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. I had TOO many relationships |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. Please give some documentation |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The source |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Sure. |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I can vouch for MLK's concern with youthful nihilism |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. And MLK, ironically... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Again, for sake of discussion |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
77. Thanks. Now I see |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 02:26 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. could be the playboy interview |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #81 |
89. Read 4 interviews |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 06:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
64. still waiting...... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #64 |
73. hmmmmm...... |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #73 |
104. I wasn't evading--couldn't make it to the library until tonight |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. thanks! |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. The reason for the incessant bombardment |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Who's talking about nudity? |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I agree. |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. I worked in a woman's health clinic |
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FrozenNorth (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
57. Disease... agree |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 04:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
90. I have often thought that sinful behavior could/should be relabled |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Behold, the answer to the puzzle of authoritarianism and sex |
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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. IMO, The fun-factor of promiscuity trumps any >/= arguments...EOM |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. You are right, as far as that goes, but those are not the only choices. |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. you are right, those are not our only choices |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 10:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
61. Copacetic. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Exactly. It's a false dichotomy. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. Almost "black and white" thinking, you might say. nt |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. Republicans like promiscuity |
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George_S (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. DerekG |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. No |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
41. Promiscuity and a debauched media are 2 different things. |
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schultzee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. Males are less aggressive when they have enough sex regardless |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 07:45 AM Response to Reply #42 |
67. Are you calling??? |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
94. If your theory holds water... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
45. Well, at least it's natural |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
47. Sexual repression is what should be avoided |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. The puritans just weren't getting any. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Yup, I agree |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 04:44 AM Response to Reply #49 |
63. Sister Wendy? |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. I think it's a false issue -- consenting adults is all that matters. |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
56. How do we define hedonism? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
59. Promiscuity is a stage of sexual being.... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
60. Neither puritanism nor promiscuity is the problem. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
65. This is an attack on women, see through the fog |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 08:00 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Interesting post..... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 08:53 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. The media is the public common |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 09:09 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. thank you |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #65 |
99. excellent point |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 05:48 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Good post. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #100 |
107. "The Diary of an Angry Househusband" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 10:19 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. I'm not sure.... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
69. I see our society's attitudes about sex being unhealthy in the same way |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
71. What folks do in privacy is NOMB |
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rumguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
78. Who assumes that? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
80. What do you mean we? Many folks at DU do NOT walk lock-step with |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
82. They are two sides of the same self-delusional coin. |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
83. Several thoughts on this... |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
86. the only thing that has changed |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
88. I don't think either are good |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
93. Orwell explored this somewhat in 1984 |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
96. Because promiscuity is WAY MORE FUN! (N/T) |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
98. corporate America and rural Pakistan |
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CoffeeAnnan (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
101. I have been promiscuous and I have been puritanical. Frankly, |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 06:41 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. But spouses aren't always cranky |
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FrozenNorth (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Bringing home a little surprise... |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
102. extremes are extremes |
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