Your Favorite Poems - Why don't you post them here?
11 Aug 2012 03:17 #69943
by Br. John
At least one person was disturbed by my post http://www.templeofthejediorder.org/forum/General-Discussions/68700-Your-Favorite-Poems---Why-dont-you-post-them-here?limit=10&start=20#69222 as you can see in the post that immediately follows it.
Is anyone else upset with the breasts and the graphic sex scene?
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Replied by Br. John on topic Re: Your Favorite Poems - Why don't you post them here?
csmith wrote:
Wendaline wrote: Question? Why are female breast considered disturbing or gross? You guys have nipples too! Some even have bigger tatas than some women. ...Men...sheesh! If there should be any warning it shouldn't be for mere boobs, dudes.
Personally, I love breasts, and also find society's obsession with hiding them to be a little off
At least one person was disturbed by my post http://www.templeofthejediorder.org/forum/General-Discussions/68700-Your-Favorite-Poems---Why-dont-you-post-them-here?limit=10&start=20#69222 as you can see in the post that immediately follows it.
Is anyone else upset with the breasts and the graphic sex scene?
Founder of The Order
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11 Aug 2012 04:23 #69949
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I know you've already heard from me, but I just wanted to say that I find those comic poems to be pretty funny. I like the way the words flow (and the pictures are just fine).
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11 Aug 2012 10:43 #69953
by Alexandre Orion
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The question to ask oneself would be "why is this disturbing ?" Is is 'disturbing' because it disturbs me ? or, is it because I have learnt that this sort of thing is 'disturbing' and shall act accordingly, with outrage and disgust ? Our bodies, their sexual nature, their nature to shit or to sweat and all of their natural functions are not unwholesome. The intention only must be right ; it is only the intention which can corrupt ...
Whereas modesty is virtuous, false modesty is as much of a lie, a pretence, as anything other which is false.
If one feels something ill about a phenomenon that comes to light, ask the question at the beginning. If one only 'thinks' that the phenomenon disturbs some hegemonic consensus of what is 'appropriate', contemplate that thought before making a judgement.
Sweeping anything you've been taught to disapprove under a rug, or under a mountain of 'acceptable' things, doesn't make it non existent. It just puts it in the realm of charlatans and thieves, hidden in the shadows from where it can emerge at any moment ...
Whereas modesty is virtuous, false modesty is as much of a lie, a pretence, as anything other which is false.
If one feels something ill about a phenomenon that comes to light, ask the question at the beginning. If one only 'thinks' that the phenomenon disturbs some hegemonic consensus of what is 'appropriate', contemplate that thought before making a judgement.
Sweeping anything you've been taught to disapprove under a rug, or under a mountain of 'acceptable' things, doesn't make it non existent. It just puts it in the realm of charlatans and thieves, hidden in the shadows from where it can emerge at any moment ...
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