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Looking for Something To Do Before Heading To the Block Party Today?

Dan Savage
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1
We see how well that's working in the Catholic Church. More voodoo!
Vince on July 25, 2010 at 8:27 AM Report this
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I'll pass...
Jaydog5280 on July 25, 2010 at 8:34 AM Report this
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Christopher Isherwood tried this, right? Didn't work, though.
Honoria on July 25, 2010 at 8:41 AM Report this
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Bring the kids!
Fr0zt on July 25, 2010 at 8:49 AM Report this
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Shouldn't that say futility?
Rose on July 25, 2010 at 8:53 AM Report this
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Wow, aren't we all open-minded and shit.
on July 25, 2010 at 9:04 AM Report this
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@6 Open minded, but not stupid.
Vince on July 25, 2010 at 9:10 AM Report this
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That's not very vedantic of you, @6...
COMTE on July 25, 2010 at 9:14 AM Report this
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I thought it said "Vendetta Society".....
Canuck on July 25, 2010 at 9:16 AM Report this
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I got no problems with people choosing to wait till marriage, just don't try to force those views on others.
Democrat1234 on July 25, 2010 at 9:25 AM Report this
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Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "utility belt".
mmennonno on July 25, 2010 at 9:27 AM Report this
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No thanks, I have to floss my cat.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on July 25, 2010 at 9:45 AM Report this
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@11: Ha! Kinda sounds like an at least possibly interesting lecture though. The sticky wicket, of course, is that while ACTUAL chastity and celibacy may have real social utility in some cases, false claims of chastity and celibacy are much more common and are socially detrimental rather than useful. Better to just 'fess up to being a horny fornicator like the rest of us!
Lance Thrustwell on July 25, 2010 at 9:48 AM Report this
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@ 6: It's important to keep an open mind. But I don't want to be so open-minded that my brain falls out.
nicole sweetness on July 25, 2010 at 9:59 AM Report this
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I, for one, am all in favor of religious types being more celibate.
Urgutha Forka on July 25, 2010 at 10:01 AM Report this
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I'm in favor of religious types fucking around as much as they possibly can (while using birth control!) because that would leave them with less time on their hands to godbother me. Also, it might make them a little bit less uptight.
john t on July 25, 2010 at 10:45 AM Report this
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@16: 'godbother'. Wonderful. Your coinage? With your permission, I will adopt it and promote its use.

I will not, however, be promoting celibacy and chastity. Quite enough of that nonsense in the world, come to think of it.
Lance Thrustwell on July 25, 2010 at 10:52 AM Report this
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um, "godbother"-ing is quite a common term.

no citation needed here i think
on July 25, 2010 at 10:57 AM Report this
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Kinky.
Sili on July 25, 2010 at 11:28 AM Report this
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Man, I've always loved that there's a little yellow house on 15th where, if you're looking for a swami, there one is. That place serves as a reminder of the 15th that used to be way back in the late 60s and early 70s, when the aspiring classes had fled the top of the hill for the suburbs, leaving the neighborhood full of empty old houses for hippies to fill with communes.
gloomy gus on July 25, 2010 at 12:42 PM Report this
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@18: Well it's new to me, O unregistered one. At any rate, I am grateful to have it added to my vocabulary.

Wish there were a juicier post today to respond to, though. I have more time on Sundays for SLOG-threading than during the week. Oh well, I'm out. Happy afternoon, everyone.
Lance Thrustwell on July 25, 2010 at 12:46 PM Report this
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A lecture putting celibacy and chastity into a utilitarian perspective? That sounds positively enrapturing! I'll be there!
Knat on July 25, 2010 at 1:00 PM Report this
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@21, it's much more commonly used in noun form, as "God botherer". UK and Australia; not often seen in the US.
Fnarf on July 25, 2010 at 1:14 PM Report this
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Thank you Lance, @17 et al. Those were my sentiments too.
saxfanatic on July 25, 2010 at 1:45 PM Report this
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I'm 58. Started regular sex at 12. Came out gay at 19. Then starting at 26, I spent the next 11 years having Zero sex. Zero. OK a few masturbations, but only a few in over a decade. At 37, I started having sex again (knowing what is "safer"). So... so far... 11 years of no-sex and 35 years of sex (not counting the prepubescent years). Did I learn a lot in those no-sex years? Yes, I did. Was what I learned from the celibacy? Some of it. People choose to live in all kinds of ways. We each do what we need... ultimately. Why judge?
lewlew on July 25, 2010 at 1:46 PM Report this
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When I see the word "utility", I automatically think of hardware stores. Any chance this is a hands-on workshop on how to utilise ropes, chains, and metal rings to enforce chastity?
eclexia on July 25, 2010 at 2:01 PM Report this
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@15. Yes.

A friend of mine recently posted a Rochefoucauld quote:
‎"Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fan fires."

Totally read it as "Abstinence..." and thought, "why did so many people 'like' this?!
middkdr on July 25, 2010 at 2:19 PM Report this
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Batman's worst belt ever.
Bohica on July 25, 2010 at 2:19 PM Report this
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My Pomerainian has had diarrhea all weekend, so I had to miss the lecture. Otherwise, I would have been right there in the pew across from the Savages.

Do give us a full recap, won't you Dan?
Catalina Vel-DuRay on July 25, 2010 at 2:31 PM Report this
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That sign is just begging for an 'F'.
on July 25, 2010 at 4:19 PM Report this
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25 - I agree. Ignorance is non-discriminatory and non-partisan in these times.
dirac on July 26, 2010 at 6:59 AM Report this
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@ 30 Yes!!! Very clever.
nicole sweetness on July 26, 2010 at 7:41 AM Report this
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Looks like they left out the "F". Oh those religious types and their hi-jinks...
on July 26, 2010 at 8:16 AM Report this
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Its really just a shame how bad you're edumacation system is down there in the grand ol' US of A.
There's an "F" in futility.
Seaugi on July 26, 2010 at 11:00 AM Report this
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@5 FTW!
tinyagent on July 26, 2010 at 4:35 PM Report this
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I don't think it's a Christian church BTW...

Vedanta "Society"
"Harmony of Faihs"

Maybe it did start out as Futility?
tinyagent on July 26, 2010 at 4:40 PM Report this

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