From: Osher Doctorow (osher@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sun Jul 21 2002 - 16:16:24 MDT
From: Osher Doctorow osher@ix.netcom.com, Sunday July 21, 2002 3:22PM
I think that we see an example from the exchange below of how sex and
violence often go together, very much unlike knowledge and violence.
There was a Damien on another mailing list from the Netherlands who was a
fraud in my opinion. Undoubtedly this is not the same Damien, but just out
of curiosity, which country are you from?
Osher Doctorow
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Grigg" <starman2100@lycos.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: less sex, more brains!
> I wrote:
> >I would like it where people have the OPTION of delaying or
> stopping/diminishing their sexual desires.
>
> Damien wrote:
> When I was a young nerd, I would have liked it where nerdish people had
the
> OPTION of NOT delaying or stopping/diminishing their sexual desires.
> Eventually it turned out that way. O frabjous day! Calloo callay!
> (end)
>
> What made the difference?
>
> I wrote:
> >Instead of being simply "anti-sex", I think people should be more
> "anti-promiscuity".
>
> Damien replied:
> >I think people should mind their own fucking business.
>
> I meant this in the sense that a person takes a personal inventory of
themself, and not to be taken as a blank check to judge others in a
self-righteous way.
>
> What other people choose to do sexually does at times affect us(and
society at large). We can do whatever we want to an extent, but not always
evade the consequences of our actions, sexual and otherwise.
>
> >(*Pace*, John.)
>
> I see.
>
> sincerely,
>
> John
>
>
>
>
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