Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'roll

[Paul Mackin]

On Aug 19, 2006, at 9:35 PM, Steven wrote:

> 	The assumption of radical thinking in general that you can change  
> human nature is the root of a lot of historical misery.  Recent  
> historical misery --  eg. 20th and 21st centuries.  Human nature is  
> culturally malleable by socially fixed.  Talk of 'relieving mankind  
> from sexual repression' is  Lennonist (sic) pie in the sky.

This seems  entirely likely. I was  just riffing on  the sexual/ 
political  liberation tie in.

But I  am reminded of how sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll and the  
sexual revolution are said to have saved  Hollywood. Good bye Doris  
Day, Hello Bette  Midler and waking up on the 50-yard line. And from  
Madison Avenue, s'long togetherness, welcome to better sex.





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> 	Steve
>
>
> On Aug 19, 2006, at 5:20 PM, Paul Mackin wrote:
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>>
>> Relieving mankind from sexual repression and frustration promotes  
>> general happiness. This weakens any instinctual revolt that might  
>> be present against the established Reality.
>

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