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To: parsifal
(Post 87. Long sexual dilemna deleted).

If the urges are simply dispersal of seminal fluid, Bob can just wank off every so often.

What you're doing in that story -- don't know if you hold it as a general principle -- is equating happiness to sexual fulfillment; and suggesting that doing the right thing never involves suffering, either your own or others'.

Try reading Rush Limbaugh's piece on the suffering of those who signed the Declaration of Independence...

Even their families were miserable afterwords; including one whose son was starved to death in prison.

Did they do the right thing?

Full Disclosure: In other words, sometimes one is in a situation where no matter WHAT you do, people suffer. And to make it worse, you don't know for sure in advance what that suffering will be. Your story is a strawman.

1,252 posted on 02/08/2006 8:56:17 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

What you're doing in that story -- don't know if you hold it as a general principle -- is equating happiness to sexual fulfillment; and suggesting that doing the right thing never involves suffering, either your own or others'.

No. As I remember I was trying to illustarte how a blind adherence to the words in the bible can lead to a lot of unnecessary suffering. I think that they do. Sadly, the alternative often leads to suffering also. I think you have to weigh out the suffering. If you accept literal meaning, you are deprived of this choice.

parsy, who suffers from a lot of stuff


1,256 posted on 02/10/2006 12:15:55 PM PST by parsifal ("Knock and ye shall receive!" (The Bible, somewhere.))
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