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- From: cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Howard Black)
- Subject: Re: Sexuality
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.150532.19814@ux1.cts.eiu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 15:05:32 GMT
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- In article <1i003kINNf0j@hp-col.col.hp.com> smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith) writes:
- >> For many
- >> sex and morality seem to be one.
- >
- >Not exactly "one", but linked together by the sanctity of life, and the
- >way life is created.
-
- I don't see the correlation here at all, unless you're one of the "sex
- is only for procreation" types. If you are, we'll just have to agree to
- disagree on this one.
-
- >I have sex with my neighbor's wife; we've both consented to it with
- >each other, no one's twisting my arm or hers; immoral?
-
- No, according to the morals of the involved people. In fact, I'd be
- interested in a logical argument that it is immoral, without resort to the
- biblebook or other religious dicta.
-
- >Hmmmm...that's what I thought it still was; enjoyed responsibly between
- >married people.
-
- Why do they need to be married? Again, please no religion-based
- arguments, just a logical assertion of what harm is done to the consenting
- adults or others.
-
- >Cocaine makes people feel real good. Is it good? And typical people
-
- Can be. Many people don't think cocaine is 'bad', only when it is
- misused [sic].
-
- >don't think sex is 'bad', only when it is misused.
-
- I don't agree that typical people don't think sex is inherently
- something negative. Why don't people discuss their sex lives as casually
- as their golf games? "It's no one else's business?" Please... neither is
- your golf score, and humans' sex lives are far more important to them than
- golf (except for Quayle, of course ;-) ).
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- Howard Black cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu
- Department of Chemistry Eastern Illinois Univ.
-