--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- sparaig wrote: > > > > > > It is the distortion of male- > > > female relationships that is the problem. > > > > Well, a lot of ordinary television distorts male-female > > relationships. _The Importance of Being Earnest_ distorts them. > > > > _Hamlet_ does not display my idea of functional, healthy, > > male-female relationships. > > > > But forget that tack. Consider this: > > > > Say I go into a strip club. I enjoy a dancer. I am one half of > > that specific male-female relationship -- me as the male > > observer, and she as the female dancer. > > > > I would think I'd have the power to influence that relationship -- > > to determine whether it reflects Truth and Beauty, or is distorted. > > > > If the healing power of my awareness reaches her, seems to > > me that would be a good thing -- a good relationship. Like when > > actors and musicians get energy from their audiences. > > > > And I get energy from her, as I would from a musician or actor. > > > > Say I'm liberal with the tips. > > > > Is this relationship distorted? > > > > - Patrick Gillam > > You're a participant.
Jesus, Lawson, I just said I was a participant, and described the nature of my participation. What do you mean by being so coy? Here's my point: For you to say stripping is a distortion of male-female relationships is only true as long as one of the participants allows the distortion to take place. But if one person -- you, me, akasha, the dancer -- enters into the relationship with the intention to have a non-distorted relationship, your statement becomes false to the extent we succeed. It's up to us, each of us as individuals, to determine the nature of a relationship. To say that any given act distorts relationships just doesn't work for me. - Patrick Gillam ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
