quote:So I'll just agree with this and add that the trend towards more extreme acts, blatently unsafe practices, and harsher misogyny turns me off faster than a bucket of cold water.
That's the major reason I can't stand straight porn, what little I've seen of it. I find it really hard to believe that a brain bathed in that imagery on regular basis could belong to a person whose company I could enjoy. Of course, I could be wrong. *shrug*
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quote:Originally posted by MyrddinFyre: [QUOTE]Though I have to point out that, at least I think this is true, "lesbian" technically means "likes women." I could be wrong, don't quote me on that. Just an ironic thought.
Nope, actually it derives from the island of Lesbos, in the Aegean. Which in Greek days was famous for having no men, or at any rate being the birthplace of the poet Sappho, from whom we get 'sapphic'. Because of the poems she wrote about her lover.
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Actually, Sappho ran a school for girls on the isle of Lesbos, and much of her poetry speaks of her passion for her students. I think the "famous for having no men" part is your own creation.
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So, if I get the artistic bent with my paintball gun and cover up his picture with another that I find more fitting, am I breaking the law, or exercising my first amendment rights?
I can display any picture that I wish, no matter how bent, lewd, perverted, or just down-right nasty that I like in the privacy of my own home. However, when I start to force my opinions of what every one should see, aren't I violating their rights?
Just a couple of thoughts.
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quote:Originally posted by IndigoKnight1: I can display any picture that I wish, no matter how bent, lewd, perverted, or just down-right nasty that I like in the privacy of my own home. However, when I start to force my opinions of what every one should see, aren't I violating their rights?
Absolutely. There is also a difference between holding up a sign in from of a State building saying "allow me to display my porn" and actually displaying it.
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quote:Originally posted by KarlEd: Actually, Sappho ran a school for girls on the isle of Lesbos, and much of her poetry speaks of her passion for her students. I think the "famous for having no men" part is your own creation.
Well, yes, that's what the 'or at any rate' was intended to indicate. Slight poetic exaggeration there. Posts: 10645 | Registered: Jul 2004
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