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Lorbaat wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
>
> > > 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.
>
> 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).
>
> > 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.
>
> Yes, stupid blue laws still on the books can be amusing.
They're not amusing when you are the one being prosecuted. Many of the stories in
there aren't "look at this stupid law noone enforces", they are "I can't believe
they ARE enforcing this law on Mr/Mrs. X".
> > I HAVE had those
> > strong feelings for 2 people at once before.
>
> Really? And did you pursue it? What happened, in the end?
I married one. If polygamy were legal, who knows, I might have married BOTH.
> > > 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.
>
> Absolutely.
>
> Once again, don't make the mistake of thinking I'm saying polyamory=bad or
> polyamory=wrong or anything like that. What 3 (or four, or five, or 30)
> consenting adults get up to is their own business.
>
> > I wouldn't consider myself a polyamorist, but I wouldn't completely deny the
> > possibility either.
>
> The possibility of what, exactly? Having feelings for more than one person at
> a time?
Definitely not, as I have done so before. But I also wouldn't deny the
possibility of taking it further than JUST having the feelings.
> Did I say I didn't beleive in the possibility of that, either? I don't think
> so.
>
> eric
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| (...) So, as I said, it shouldn't be too hard for you to whip out a Playboy and cite a case example. (...) OK, so you married one. What was keeping you from carrying on a relationship with both after that? What was keeping you from marrying neither (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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