Pornography & Technics & Death

[HenryMu]

<sigh> I was trying to avoid the porno/drug mapping, 'cause it's wrong. The
Physicians Desk Reference (of drugs) is pornography to the drugster like old
National Geos used to be to teens; "High Times" magazine is soft drug (pot)
porn. Point is, sex, not porn, is a drug. Sex is withheld from many, denied,
except for a price (see Burroughs or Reich). Porn is legal (just surf the
net or check out a few newsgroups) 'cause it increases the want. Sex and
drugs are forbidden (yes, sex is forbidden in USA society, except in special
cases) 'cause they ease the pain, and would do so at a reasonable price were
it not for the very fact that they are forbidden.

Sure there are people who transfer their desires to the symbols for their
desires, but

I want a new drug...
Love is the drug
I've got you under my skin

By the way, there is a huge difference in tone between the Anubis orgy and
the Bianca interlude. The orgy is described clinically, from afar, not
"joining in." The mix of tenses in the orgy and the "if you recall" help to
keep us at a distance; one phrase for each connection. The Bianca scene is
practically first person. The orgy is a funny parody (IMHO); the tryst
is....what?

Keep cool, but care.

AsB4,

H

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 12:12 AM


> I think I agree w/ Mu, for the most part.  I think the "not having" might
> actually be "not allowed."  Forbidden fruit and all.  The problem at its
base
> is that pornography is a drug which wants more and more.  This condition
being
> not far from the wild bus ride, AKA the ride on the Anubis.
>
> DM
>
> --- HenryMu <scuffling at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > In my opinion, pornography has actually little to do with the
objectivation
> > of people; people are able to do that to eachother perfectly well
without
> > porno. Porno is symbolic. It represents and exaggerates what you want
most,
> > but can't have - it's reading a cookbook of rich foods when you're on a
> > diet, and broke to boot. The worst part of porno is not having that,
which
> > having... '
> >
> > As Jonathan Swift put it: "The stoical scheme of supplying our wants, by
> > lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want
shoes."