to be re-educated under the dogma that no
woman wants to be a prostitute, no more, I imagine, than a medieval
Cathar or Albigensian wanted to choose those sects. But why the hypocrisy?
As
homosexuality becomes more respectable, the forces of puritanism, I suspect,
are channeled into attacking an ever more narrow array of targets, and
with increasing ferocity. A few decades back the arguments today
about the evils of prostitution were made about homosexuality and
inter-racial sex. Well, these days you can not get anywhere attacking
homosexuals or inter-racial couples, so someone has to be the new target
of the self-appointed guardians of public morality.
There
is an unholy alliance of radical feminists and conservatives at work here.
The recent Bush administration went as far as criminalizing military members
who engage the services of a sex worker. The hypocrisy of W. Bush
in claiming he is fighting a war for liberty against Islamic fundamentalism
goes unremarked while he implements policies which would make the Taliban
proud. (By the way, was W a virgin on his wedding night?)
George
Orwell summed up one reason for sexual puritanism in Nineteen Eighty-Four:
sexual repression causes mass hysteria which the ruling elite can convert
to worship of the state, and into jihads against the state's enemies.
But there are more base forces at work here. Traditionally, women
have opposed sexual freedom because if a man can have sex by engaging the
services of a sex worker (or engaging in homosexuality or going outside
of one's race) it breaks the traditional female monopoly created by the
formula of no sex until marriage. And sexual repression gives
men in power a way to jail or socially ostracize rank-and-file men who
break with social norms. In order to enforce the laws against what
people do in the bedroom, the government appropriates for itself massive
surveillance capabilities and the right to entrap the innocent, as well
as deploying an army of informers and turning spouses against each other.
Very Orwellian and all similar to the ways in which the wars on drugs,
terrorism, and so forth enhance the powers of the state and undermine the
Constitutional rights of the individual.
—Joseph, of Northridge, California
From
the early 1970s until the late 1990s, I lived in a neighborhood were people
were very tolerant of one another — east San Jose, in California.
Most people were well-received there. The main exceptions were cops
and process servers. I had a neighbor named Roger who was, in most
circumstances, a good friend. However, he absolutely refused to ride
motorcycles with me because he rode a Harley Davidson and I rode a Honda.
He wouldn't be seen in the same lane with me. I doubt if people will
ever run out of targets for their bigotry.
Regarding
your observation that a woman's opposition to prostitution is based on
the fact that it threatens her monopoly, I must agree with you. Every
aspect of a woman's behavior follows, either directly or indirectly, from
her genetic mandate to control men. The attempts to control men take
many forms and attempting to control a man's access to sex is one of them.
—editor
Remember Those Who Serve
Original Source Unknown. Forwarded by BLA, of Schertz,
Texas.
In
the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered
a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of
water in front of him. He asked, "How much is an ice cream sundae?"
"Fifty cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand
out of his pocket and studied the coins in it. "How much is a dish
of plain ice cream?" he inquired. Some people were waiting for a
table and the waitress was a bit impatient. "Thirty-five cents,"
she said brusquely. The little boy again counted the coins.
"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said. The waitress brought the
ice cream, put the bill on the table, and walked away. The boy finished
the ice cream, paid the cashier, and departed. When the waitress
came back, she began wiping down the table and then looked in surprise
at what she saw. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were
two nickels and five pennies, her tip.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif)
Funny Signs
Original Source Unknown. Forwarded by Don G.
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On a plumber's truck:
Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber. |
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On a septic tank truck:
We're #1 in the #2 business. |
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Over a gynecologist's office:
Dr. Jones, at your cervix.![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif) ![Infinity Symbol](../../Images/Infinity_Symbol.gif) |
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