175s
David Morris
fqmorris at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 28 22:48:28 CST 2001
>From: Terrance David Morris wrote:
>That the 175's are at the very bottom makes them most (!!!) sensitive to
>the top power. Thus is expressed in their worship and in their
>communication ritual: spanning the chasm from low to high. S&M is a very
>convenient vehicle for P to translate macro-power discrepancies at the most
>personal of levels.
>
>I'm not understanding you here. The 175s are at the bottom, in fact they
>are at the very bottom. So they are sensitive to the top power. Sure, if
>you are at the end of the whip you are in the most sensitive position, you
>are on the tail end as far from power as you can be and therefore the
>effect of the cause is greatest. This chapter opens with, "You will want
>cause and effect." But I can't get the last sentence?
I'm only riffing on this very obscure portion of GR. The 175's are acutely
sensitive to power discrepancies, as are many other preterite.
>
>Question: Is S&M a predominantly hetero or homo phenomenom?
>
>In GR or in life?
Let's try to be inclusive.
> > Sub-question: Does the above distinction hold much water?
>
>Again, in GR or in life? Not sure it holds water in either, but again I
>have no idea why you pose this question.
The above sub-question was meant to breach the hetero/homo line in harmony
with Otto's most recent post.
Sincerely,
David Morris
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