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Lorbaat wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
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> > In Missouri a whole host of things including: anal sex, oral sex, funny
> > positions, etc. are illegal.
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> I'm sure. You're right, in most states they are.
>
> When was the last time anyone was convicted of them, though? When was the last
> time someone was *arrested* for them?
Happens all the time, as do convictions. They just don't make the news much. Read
Playboy (I do. Hell yes I look at the pictures, but there's a lot of good reading
there!), they bring up the ridiculous nature of some of these morality laws all the
time.
> I didn't say it was necessarily a bad thing. But by the same token (and this
> is my only real point in any of this, so listen closely), I find it difficult
> to really beleive that a person in an open relationship is as serious about
> that relationship as someone who looks for, and finds, one person to be with.
That's too bad for you. Me, I prefer to keep an open mind on it. I HAVE had those
strong feelings for 2 people at once before. If the laws allowed polygamy (or at
least covered the side issues to my satisfaction - medical visitation, inheritance,
etc, etc), I wouldn't say I would NOT do it.
> Note that I am NOT saying that all monogamous relationships are automatically
> more meaningful than any open relationships, even.
Definitely not. I have seen too many hollow, sham monogamous relationships.
Better to just come out with it and admit polyamory.
> > > but I do think that
> > > trying to pass it off as "enlightened", or, even worse, some kind of inborn
> > > sexual preference (like being hetero-, bi-, or homo- sexual) is just a load
> > > of denial.
> >
> > And on exactly what evidence would you base such an untenable opinion.
>
> On plenty of discussions and reading about polyamory, mostly with (or written
> by) polyamorists. I just don't buy it, sorry.
I wouldn't consider myself a polyamorist, but I wouldn't completely deny the
possibility either. To do otherwise is sticking your head in the sand.
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| (...) Really? Then it shouldn't be much work for you to actually answer my question and point to a case where someone was arrested and convicted of one of these acts (and NOT for prostitution). (...) Yes, stupid blue laws still on the books can be (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm sure. You're right, in most states they are. When was the last time anyone was convicted of them, though? When was the last time someone was *arrested* for them? (...) Given the state of politics in this country, it's pretty clearly not in (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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