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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
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> > I think that the reason we surround ourselves with social relationships of
> > various kinds is to satisfy needs. (Needs in the soft sense, really more
> > appropriately called desires.) I agree with Kevin that it is highly unlikely
> > that anyone ever finds one person who satisfies all those needs. And it is
> > foolish to force yourself into this arbitrary moral framework that insists
> > that
> > monogamy is the only right way of doing it. Why not open yourself up to
> > multiple lovers?
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> Not to put too fine a point on it, Chris, but given the above, isn't your
> accusing me of having an attitude, and asking who the hell I think I am to • make
> judgements, and calling my use of the term "copping out" a bad thing just a
> little, tiny, wee bit hypocritical?
Um...No.
I don't even see the link. Are you reacting to the word foolish? How would
you feel if I replaced the word foolish with 'probably a bad idea' or
'needless'?
Chris
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| (...) Really? You don't see the link between asking what place of mine it is to judge another person's relationship choices, and then saying that seeking a monogamous relationship is "foolish" (or below, "needless", or "probably a bad" idea? (...) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Not to put too fine a point on it, Chris, but given the above, isn't your accusing me of having an attitude, and asking who the hell I think I am to make judgements, and calling my use of the term "copping out" a bad thing just a little, tiny, (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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