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From: Elmo Recio <n2wog@usa.net>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Memes and sexuality]
> "Lawrence H. de Bivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu> wrote:
> >
> > I wonder if the repression of overt sexuality among humans comes to a
> > certain extent from a desire to put some distance between ourselves and
> > 'mere' animals, to prove to ourselves that we are not 'animals.'
>
> How much of this do you think is due to religion? This is very irrational.
I
> mean think about it... we are _all_ about killing one another (be it in
the
> name of a deity or for entertainment - TV) but as soon as a nipple comes
out,
> WOOOH, that's Bad!
>
> I dont get it!! Although what i speak of is mainly in the American
culture.
>
<< Not only in the American culture, though !
I live in Belgium, you can image what happened after Marc Dutroux
was found !! A nipple was than just a tip of the iceberg !!
Regards,
Kenneth
(I am, because we are)
>
> Elmo Recio; Philadelphia, PA 19103; USA
> Email: n2wog@usa.net
> Homepage: http://polywog.navpoint.com
> Sociology and Philosophy student at Drexel Uni
>
> The Digital Millenium Copyright Act: Just one more example
> of greedy multinationals shovelling the entrails of the poor
> and disenfranchised into the unslakable maw of the corporate
> fat cats.
>
>
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