> The U.S. is a country born out of violence, forged in the violence of the War > of > Independence and the drive West toward our "Manifest Destiny". > > I have said this before, but it's quite ironic that we share similar (though > not > nearly as extreme) cultural attitudes toward sex and violence as much of the > Arab world, although our fundamentalism comes from Puritan fervor. Puritan > culture is alive and well in the U.S.
Ironic indeed but much what we attribute to Puritanism is actually much more attributable to the Victorian era. Though you're right about the Puritans and their penchant for mind-bogglingly strict punishments, most (if not all) of the attitudes we have towards dating, courtship, marriage and sex are Victorian in nature rather than Puritan. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155442 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
