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A Dodgeblog colleague of mine (male) and I were discussing certain aspects of what is considered “normal”. It struck both us odd that is fine for a young single man to go to a strip club, but it is seen as odd for the same person to go to a fetish/goth/rock club. Why is that? Why it is worse to admit that you spent the previous night at a place with males and females on equal footing engaged in something they enjoy, than to spend time somewhere where women strip for money? Surely the prior is concensual and thus more moral? Dressing up has always been part of going to college, boarding school, camp, or university!
Truth be told, I never ever “got” strip clubs. Why would one subject oneself to gyrating naked females that one could not touch unless one were a total masochist*? The few times I have been dragged to this type of place I found then terribly boring and most unsexual/erotic. Most women I know agree with me about the female equivalent, but many of my male acquaintances think I am a freak (well after implying I am gay). What is more fun: test-driving a car or window-shopping for cars? I rest my case.
- Dodgeblog has nothing against masochism per se. After all, at least one of us always thought Stephen Milligan MP was a decent chap, despite his europhilia.
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And Yet Another Smile From The Den….....
MommaBear’s Momma taught her at a very early age to write her Thank You’s promptly! Without further ado, here is her latest.
Iain Murray, of the inestimable Edge of England’s Sword has kindly made note of our new header. However, he has left MommaBear in a bit of a state of confusion, as her Latin is far past rusty; it’s long forgotten. If anyone can help out with that, please let her know.
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We, at Dodgeblog, have erred. For some reason, the excellent Asparagirl has never made it onto the blog-roll. This omission has been corrected.
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And I thought I was cynical! John Derbyshire should be a goth; this piece is one of the most pessimistic I have ever seen. Life sucks, always has, always will is pretty much the gist of it. I love it.
Thanks to Samizdata and David Carr for the heads up.
Oh yes, one more thing, Derbyshire mentions Lovecraft (creator of the Cthulhu mythos) in his first paragraph.
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Got George Michael’s “Shoot the Dog” single yesterday, just to see the video. It is very funny indeed, great satire; a great shame the song is so crap. The CD single is another example of how lame the record industry is these days. Instead of the traditional (or as in the rock genre) b-sides, live or acoustic tracks, you get 2 extra re-mixes of the same song. This con has been going on for a long time in the pop business. Do they really think anyone wants to listen to the same song slightly changed 3 times in a row?
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The Christian Science Monitor reports that London is still a haven for Islamo-fascist extremists despite the attempts (or lack there of) of the British authorities. Americans need not be smug however, since many of the British nutters who joined al Queda were trained in training camps in the US. Oh yes, and these radicals want to rule the world.
As always, the ultimate irony is that fundamentalist loons of all ilks thrive in free societies. They never manage to realise the reason they are allowed to exist is because of the “decadence” and “libertinism” of the society in which they live. Unfortunately, as we have seen in both the UK and US, there are authoritarians only too happy to limit individual freedom. I find it appalling the level at which some have used the excuse of 9/11 to limit the liberty of honest hard-working citizens. I am not surprised mind you, just disgusted.
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Due to a popular uprising in the British blogosphere, the date for the GGBF get-together is going to be Friday. We plan to meet at Olympia Tube at 8pm. Several of us plan to continue the evening at the Electric Ballroom in order to see what wildlife is about.
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Today, the Mirror reports Tony Blair’s desire for a linkage between attacking Iraq and Middle East peace talks. While at it, the Telegraph submits that Gerhard Schroeder’s appealing for the pacifist vote. Is this the start of a social democratic wave against war on Iraq? Granted, the European public is more inured to confronting acts of terrorism, due to historical factors present in the cold war. While Europe had the Baader-Meinhof gang and the Red Brigade, the closest the Yanks ever got was the Weathermen. Nevertheless, terrorists in Europe had relatively small returns, at least in the body count. However, they did manage to eliminate national leaders (Palme and Moro).
Either way, it’s rather naive to believe that any change in the state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would alter Saddam Hussein’s weltanschauung one bit. The natural response would be for conservative parties to avidly support war on Iraq. After all, bin Laden was contemplating gassing the EU Parliament as well. But the left’s support for Hussein is hardly atypical, given that it tends to support anyone who agitates the West. While Hussein is guilty of attempted pogroms (on the Kurds), breaking the very international law leftists hold dear by invading Kuwait, and kicking out UN weapons inspectors, and avidly supporting terror, he’s approaching canonization from the left (and some odd far-right sources, such as Jorg Haider.. then again, perhaps he’s enamoured of Hussein’s desire for racial purity).
In National Review, Victor Davis Hanson asks why America’s not liked. This knee-jerk anti-Americanism can’t be combated. Regardless of what the US does, it will be derided as ‘simplistic’ and ‘uncivilized’, by the same nations which are still listening to Abba hits 30 years after their peak. If anything, to be liked more, we need to be more proactive, and not leave anyone behind (including our allies). This isn’t born of the belief that there are some who can’t govern themselves, but that sometimes force is needed to ensure justice, and it’s fatuous to argue that using force places us on the moral level of the dictators. After all, on a micropolitical level, police and other authorities use force if necessary to ensure peace, so why shouldn’t the model prove as effective on a macro-level?
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