tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post4485391706968372769..comments2023-10-10T05:17:55.737-07:00Comments on Crushed By Ingsoc: Sexual Morality After The RevolutionCrushedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-22590345536529274262008-11-02T05:00:00.000-08:002008-11-02T05:00:00.000-08:00Goodness - so much work here for me to catch up on...Goodness - so much work here for me to catch up on !<br><br>Have you been tripping on something new, Ingsoc ??? Any ... regrets ??? (Anyone of any character has done the same things - relax a bit, you'll be fine)<br><br>Be sure not to ruin that fine brain of yours !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-24097984818160670352008-11-02T13:07:00.000-08:002008-11-02T13:07:00.000-08:00in fact i'm pretty sure there have been and still ...in fact i'm pretty sure there have been and still are successful, functional, even sustainable societies that are not fundamentally committed to ideas of monogamy and/or small family units, so its not hard to see this kind of social evolution, even without a revolution.<br><br>I leave you with some food for thought that mark twain wrote nearly a hundred years ago:<br><br><br>"The law of God, as quite plainly expressed in nature's construction, is this: There shall be no limit put upon your intercourse with the other sex sexually, at any time of life.<br><br>"The law of God, as quite plainly expressed in man's construction, is this: During your entire life you shall be under inflexible limiys and restrictions, sexually...Now if you or any other really intelligent person were arranging the fairnesses and justices between man and woman, you would give the man a one-fiftieth interest in one woman, and the woman a harem."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-87979992512828914712008-11-02T16:50:00.000-08:002008-11-02T16:50:00.000-08:00It never occurred to me that you were obsessed wit...It never occurred to me that you were obsessed with sex, honestly. It is an odd thing to mistake openness with obsession. To me, the people so bent on NOT talking about it are likely the ones more obsessed, in all honestly.<br>However, as a woman, despite all the announcements that men appreciate women who are open about their sexuality... I'm not sure I entirely believe it to be true. It just seems to be paid lip service to.<br>(but that's a whole post in and of itself, I suppose)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com