An amusing little piece:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheists_in_foxholes
On 8/17/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Or fox=corruption of French faux, hence, "there are no atheists in
> false holes."
>
> At 12:25 PM 8/17/2007, you wrote:
> >What are foxes atheists? -good for them
> >P
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> >Behalf Of Roger Day
> >Sent: 17 August 2007 13:25
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: on the etc side
> >
> >I thought the point of S&M was for the participants to gain some sort
> >of pleasure (for me, some indeterminate value of pleasure) from the,
> >uh, experience. It looks too much like torture, and seems to me the
> >govt and the private kind seem to normalise each other. Or something
> >like that. See also 'camwhores' in this respect somewhat.
> >
> >The superiority bit is new on me, although I'm a bit sheltered in
> >these regards. Goths are insufferable, and seem to lie along the same
> >axis.
> >
> >With regards to atheists and foxholes, I hate that phrase. I think
> >there were and are a lot of atheists in foxholes.
> >
> >Roger
> >
> >On 8/17/07, Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > andrew burke wrote:
> > > > An interesting insight into business a la The Sopranos ... by Tom
> > > > Robbins in The Village Voice at
> > > > http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0733,robbins,77515,2.html
> > > >
> > > > I think kinky sex is a near cousin to poetry. That's my excuse ...
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >http://chasemeladies.blogspot.com/2005/01/non-kinky-sex-is-waste-of-time.htm
> >l
> > >
> > > Kinky sex nevertheless requires the existence of non-kinky sex in order
> > > for its kinks to be discernible as such. What would be the point of S&M,
> > > if it didn't allow its practitioners to go around feeling superior to
> > > people who only do "vanilla"?
> > >
> > > Dominic
> > >
> >
> >
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