flynt and pynchon

[Craig Clark]

EHREH at aol.com writes:

> Descending into a discussion about whether porn is good or bad is beneath
> everyone here. It is like arguing whether The Rocket is good or bad. 
>  The challenge is to not fall into a Falwellian or feminist debate  but to
> really discuss sexual conditioning, sexual motivation, definitions of self
> and gender, popcultural conditioning, war/death/violence as   sexual turn-on,
> the roots of repression, Ecstasy and  release(sexual and religious ),  as
> seen in GRAVITYS RAINBOW. 

> The flynt movie is as good a starting point as any to get into these issues,
> but as a female, I am frankly very tired of the same old debates being
> rehashed about whos looking at who. We know that stuff already and if we can
> look into PYnchon we may take it to another level. 

Well put! And They say all AOLers are idiots... Here's one who 
clearly is not.



  
Craig Clark

"Living inside the system is like driving across
 the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
 on suicide."
   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"