Subj : Rush to Judgement?
To   : Todd Henson
From : Joseph Voigt
Date : Fri Nov 03 2000 05:37 am

Friday November 03 2000 03:29, TODD HENSON wrote to JOHN WILSON:

 >>  JV> "Fisting", BTW, is a perfectly legitimate sexual behavior, as
 >>  JV> are sodomy, fellatio, cunnilingus, masturbation, and a host of
 >>  JV> others. Your hangup about "fisting" (not to mention gay sex)
 >>  JV> says a lot about you and about how you'd legislate "decency"
 >>  JV> for all of us.
 >>
 >> Fisting is, as far as I know (though G*d knows I could well be
 >> mistaken) primarily a lesbian exersise and beyond my experience.
 >> The other activities in the litney above are but periphiral
 >> manifestations of a wide spectrum of sexual activity. Not IMHO
 >> perverse at all.  As you say, perhaps it comes down to personal
 >> opinion.  "The" function of sex? I believe there are *many*
 >> functions...  <sigh> and we havn't even *mentioned* tantra....
 >> :-)

 TH> In a blatantly obvious attempt to shift the focus on philosophy, what
 TH> do you think Plato would have to say about the above behaviors?

LOL.  Are you going to rewrite history for us now, Todd?  Plato never married.  
On the internal evidence of his writing, his sexual feelings seem to have been 
directed solely to other men.  That sounds homosexual to me. I have a pretty 
good idea what he'd have to say about the above behaviors.

.... A brain destroyed by religion is no match for reasoning humans.
--- FastEcho 1.46 (reg)
 * Origin: The Danse - Where Norse Gods Ponder Their Navels (1:387/638)

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