tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post3700962374704802984..comments2024-03-29T03:07:09.400-04:00Comments on Farmers Letters: Post-Modern Democracy-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-68891460935391561102014-10-31T10:42:21.159-04:002014-10-31T10:42:21.159-04:00I suppose if the intent of coitus were literally &...I suppose if the intent of coitus were literally "reproduction", then they would literally be two halves of a whole.<br /><br />But I am afraid that as a motive, reproduction (in isolation) is seldom it. So the motive gets "dressed up" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAVFI4FU77c" rel="nofollow">as something else</a>. A gap/abyss gets filled.<br /><br />What you fillJoe Cameltoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189167962738394522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-20015508521809316502014-10-31T07:21:49.448-04:002014-10-31T07:21:49.448-04:00Thank you for both comments, FJ, but aren't th...Thank you for both comments, FJ, but aren't the concepts of masculinity and femininity supposed o represent halves of whole or two sides of the same coin? Sexual intercourse at its best, when genuine communication and mutual tender regard of each partner for the other takes place, might be said to be an ideal blending of Yin and Yang -- or does that seem a bit far fetched to you?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-66883174462786682812014-10-30T09:12:30.386-04:002014-10-30T09:12:30.386-04:00In other words (I suppose), the "reason"...In other words (I suppose), the "reason" for the ridiculous fantastical narratives in pornographic films (and books) is because there is no "real" social relationship in them to maintain.<br /><br />As Lacan has said, "there is no sexual relationship"<br /><br /><i>Lacan first proposes his famous formula: il n'y a pas de rapport sexuel in 1970,[1] and takes it up-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-65626578977279620992014-10-30T09:02:29.815-04:002014-10-30T09:02:29.815-04:00I agree, the socially-distanced 4F's you menti...I agree, the socially-distanced 4F's you mention reflect the self-centered and irresponsible egoism inherent in much of the youthful 60's crowd. It's just a variant of the mindless consumerism they so vociferously decried in their parents.<br /><br />And I think that the novels you mention appeal because they occur within a familial social context, and not some gypsy- like nomadic -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-10311285933609567292014-10-30T08:45:28.784-04:002014-10-30T08:45:28.784-04:00I certainly agree wholeheartedly with Zizek's ...I certainly agree wholeheartedly with Zizek's views on pornography.<br /><br />Even at an early age I found classic novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Forsyte Saga, The Portrait of a Lady, The Age Innocence, and The House of Mirth, and the charming fantasy The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, <i>et al.</i> to be far more sexually arousing than Lady Chatterley's FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-57610110114080524772014-10-29T11:54:42.488-04:002014-10-29T11:54:42.488-04:00Indeed! And with you!Indeed! And with you!-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758360225120003215.post-42743710994739356642014-10-29T11:18:58.526-04:002014-10-29T11:18:58.526-04:00hope alls well my friend!:)hope alls well my friend!:)WomanHonorThyselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211851365273181636noreply@blogger.com