Fw: <alter-ee> Sodomy

[Michael Pugliese <debsian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: schuurman <dollehon@xxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 7:14 AM
Subject: <alter-ee> Sodomy


> At 20:37 6-02-00 +0100, you wrote:
> >When I wrote that yugoslav NGO people are ready to have anal sex with the
> funders for 200 DEM, that was not entirely metaphorical. I know of people
> who have sex for socioeconomic promotion within the foundation/NGO
> structures. As far as I know their sexual habits, some of them certainly
> have anal sex.
> >In any case, my posting was definitely not homophobic (I`m not saying
that
> Sander said it was), because roughly half of the NGO people in Belgrade
are
> women. Also roughly half NGO presidents in Belgrade are women.
> >As for degrading them to being prostitutes,
> >yes, I guess I did so. My point was to ilustrate what they are ready to
do
> for a little money. I didn`t know of a better way to say it bluntly. Do
you?
>
> Hm. I got the impression that for most people the choice of their partners
> is strongly influenced by notions like status, material benefits or
whether
> it's socially accepted, and that the "romantic" Romeo & Julia-theme we
know
> from novels since the 17th century or so is pretty exceptional in
practice.
> But maybe I'm too cynical. Leaves open the question, how you became such
an
> expert on sexual practices of Yugoslav NGO-women. FORGET IT! Forget it,
> forget it, I'm just joking, I never said this!
> But:
> >It is worth mentioning that sodomy is prevalent in all of the Taliban's
> posts >in cities.
> Why is this worth mentioning? I think we should denounce all forms of
sexual
> violence and oppression - this use of the word sodomy does remind me
somehow
> on the stalinist propaganda from the thirties, stating that all German
> nazi's were homosexuals.
> Don't look back, or you'll change into a pillar of salt! (Genesis 19:26)
> Sander
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