If I can’t sell it, I’m gonna sit down on it. Why should I give it away? Now darling if you want it, You got to buy it. And I mean just what I say. - Andy Razaf and W. Alexander Hill I honestly didn’t think I’d be doing another hooker song column so soon, but several [...]
Archive for November, 2011
If I Can’t Sell It…
Posted in Miscellaneous, Perception, tagged archeofeminism, brothels, Canada, dirty, fantasy, holidays on November 30, 2011 | 20 Comments »
Schadenfreude
Posted in Current Events, Perception, Philosophy, The Dark Side, Tyranny, tagged brothels, censorship, cops, dirty, East Asia, fantasy, hysteria, law, neofeminism, psychology, rape, slavery on November 28, 2011 | 27 Comments »
Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested—for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day. - Emma Goldman Schadenfreude is a German word which means “the act of taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others”. [...]
The Law of Averages
Posted in Miscellaneous, Perception, tagged brothels, Down Under, hysteria, stereotypes, streetwalkers, underage on November 27, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. - H.L. Mencken One year ago today I published “November Q & A”, in which I answered the questions “Would you like to do a science fiction anthology with sex work as a subject?”, “How were you able to get [...]
See No Evil
Posted in Current Events, Perception, Philosophy, Tyranny, tagged censorship, cops, dirty, fantasy, harm reduction, hysteria, law, neofeminism, porn, psychology, rape on November 26, 2011 | 36 Comments »
‘Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil. - William Shakespeare, Macbeth (II, ii) Very young children are unable to distinguish image from reality; they perceive frightening pictures or hostile words as equivalent to concrete threats. Rational adults understand that this is not so; things without physical power to harm, however shocking or [...]
Toys for Tots
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, Philosophy, tagged anecdote, bad customers, holidays, hysteria on November 25, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Toys have become commodities instead of playthings. - Beth Copeland Vargo I’ve mentioned my partiality for Marines before, so it probably won’t surprise you to hear that my favorite charity is the USMC Reserve’s Toys for Tots program, which collects toys for needy children. As I said in last year’s “Yuletide” column: It’s bad enough [...]
Thanksgiving 2011
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, Philosophy, tagged holidays, psychology on November 24, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. - E.P. Powell Today is Thanksgiving Day here in the United States; as I said in my column of one year ago tomorrow, Thanksgiving is… …a day [...]
It’s That Time Again
Posted in Current Events, Perception, Tyranny, tagged anecdote, cops, dirty, fantasy, hysteria, law, pimps, Texas, underage on November 23, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana One year ago today I published “Hidden Hordes of Hookers”, the column which arguably put me on the map; it was the first post which attracted the attention of journalists (especially in Dallas) and led to a number of interviews and a [...]
Forward and Backward
Posted in Current Events, Perception, Tyranny, tagged brothels, condoms, cops, harm reduction, law, streetwalkers, United Kingdom on November 22, 2011 | 35 Comments »
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. - Rita Mae Brown As one would expect when considering a parent and child, the United Kingdom and United States are quite alike in many ways. But though one would generally expect a child to be more open to new ideas [...]
Gorged With Meaning
Posted in Current Events, Perception, Tyranny, tagged archeofeminism, cops, law, Madonna/whore, psychology, stage names, stereotypes, streetwalkers, United Kingdom on November 21, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us. - Jean Baudrillard Language is one of the most important ways humans organize the universe; by giving things [...]
