Topic: Politics

[/lurk]

Well, she's right about psychics. Bloody shysters.

[Krakow Sam]

I'm sensing a lot of hostility in you /lurk.

I sense you lost someone close to you... whose name begins with... I'm getting a B or a P... or a T or a G... or an M or an I or a J...

[munchkin5]

No, that was me, my grandmother was called Bptgmij, she was from iceland.

[Krakow Sam]

She says she is very happy and looking forward to seeing you again.

[munchkin5]

Oh good, you can tell her i'll see her on sunday when i go round her house for tea.

[Gnoll]

Wait,

[Daxx]

Well, she's right about psychics. Bloody shysters.

Yes, I actually agree with her on that one. Possibly for different reasons, though.

[Axelgear]

Well, to be fair, pimps actually PROVIDE the service offered, whereas "psychics" commit fraud.

Also, I'd love to ask her whether she'd legalize prostitution. Hard to stay pro-freedom and be anti-legal-prostitution.

[Krakow Sam]

Hard to be pro-freedom and be anti-contraception too

[Manna]

That said, from what I've heard about the show and movies, she's right that Sex and the City should be offensive to women.

I dont get that. Why does anything need to be offensive to an entire minority or, in this case, sex? I like sex and the city, she doesn't. I don't speak for all womankind, neither does she. She should stop putting words in my mouth since she's all pro-women's rights and all...except if I have a husband. Then I need to be supplicant while remaining strong and independent...

[Axelgear]

Hard to be pro-freedom and be anti-contraception too

Not really, Sam. She's against giving kids condoms because she believes it gives them the wrong message; a bit like saying to kids "Hey, don't smoke, but we know that you're going to, so here are some nicotine patches and low-tar cigarettes". I can understand the logic there.

I dont get that. Why does anything need to be offensive to an entire minority or, in this case, sex? I like sex and the city, she doesn't. I don't speak for all womankind, neither does she. She should stop putting words in my mouth since she's all pro-women's rights and all...except if I have a husband. Then I need to be supplicant while remaining strong and independent...

Yeah, never really understood how she can say women can be strong and independent while also having a mandate of submission; gender doesn't automatically make you a good head of household.

[Flisch]

Hard to be pro-freedom and be anti-contraception too

Not really, Sam. She's against giving kids condoms because she believes it gives them the wrong message; a bit like saying to kids "Hey, don't smoke, but we know that you're going to, so here are some nicotine patches and low-tar cigarettes". I can understand the logic there.

But having sex with condoms is less unhealthy than smoking.

[Mr. Consideration]

...and we want to encourage sexuality and display it as a natural part of human existence, not a vice.

People aren't naturally pre-diposed to smoking, either. It is not more or less a definite that they will smoke their first cigarette (lasting for an embarrassing mere few seconds)...

[Inkling]

I'm sticking to my previous statement.  Women may or may not see it that way, but they should be offended by Sex and the City.  If what I've read is true, the show is about four shallow women whose lives revolve around the newest pair of $400 heels and finding the man of the week to sleep with.

[munchkin5]

They should only be offended by it if they are stupid enough to think that any depiction of a woman is supposed to be a depiction of all women.