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DoctorDubious -> RE: Lifestyle Criticism (7/4/2006 6:02:11 PM)
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ORIGINAL: TreSwank
While perusing one of my all-time favorite sites, (www.blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com) I came across this quaint little critique of the "Lifestyle).
"I further suggest that BDSM, like most counterculture “scenes,” is perhaps overly self-congratulatory on its supposed transgressivitude, since its constituents clearly demand the most banal ritual conformity, to a degree that possibly surpasses even that of junior high school. Which school, as you know, wrote the book on banal ritual conformity.
BDSM reminds me, among other things, of Dungeons & Dragons, and the dog show circuit, and those dudes in the park with swords and chain mail, and indie rock musicians, and guys who wear Star Trek uniforms to work, and people who deconstruct “American Idol” episodes in internet forums, and toddler beauty pageants."
Hey... take it easy on the guy!
His profile proves... proves without a shadow of a doubt
that he has BOTH a dictionary, AND a thesaurus, and he can use them!
Also, he's got a cute smile....
As for "banal"....
I've noticed a lot about the kind of ennui
that accompanies folks who bandy about "banal"...
Now.... don't go noticing stuff about pompous folks who say "ennui"
... cause that's true too, and it might hurt my feelings.... sniff
Further,
my sexual escapades in my younger days
-- put me in jail for 3 days (I was guilty, too, but they let me off with a warning)
-- had my face and story all over local newspapers
for weeks and weeks.... (honest officer, all them tied-up folks were here willingly....)
That may be banal to some, but it was memorable to me.
DD, a frisky...reformed old goat
PS.... remarkably, the newspaper stuff helped, not hurt the business I was running at the time.
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