The evolution of the e-card
I’ve always thought e-cards were a bit strange. Now they have become quite a bit stranger: you can send a “you may have caught an STD from me” e-card to your friend, bishop, whatever.
For the immoderate sower of wild STD oats, you can send a card to six people at once, along with a personal message - something touching like “Thank you for being part of my life and if you’ve seen any unusual lumps or sores, lately, I might know why.”
From here:
The e-cards, which can be sent anonymously, are pithy and to the point.
“Sometimes there are strings attached,” reads one. “I got diagnosed with STDs since we were together. Get checked out soon.”
Another says: “It’s not what you brought to the party, it’s what you left with. I left with an STI. You might have, too. Get checked out soon.”
E-cards can be sent to up to six partners at a time, and users have the option of including a personal message.
What is the final taboo?
Prudery, of course. Former UK MP, Ann Widdecombe refused to present an award to the owner of a – nudge, wink – lingerie website owner.
The tut-tutting, how could you do such a judgemental thing, article is here:
Former MP Ann Widdecombe waltzed away from handing a lingerie website owner a business award claiming it was against her strict Catholic principles.
The Strictly Come Dancing star, 64, was presenting gongs at the Women of Worth Awards when winning entrepreneur Emily Bendell, 30, was called to the stage.
But Miss Widdecombe, a self-confessed virgin, said her saucy website www.BlueBella.com was against her religious principles – and handed the gong to another judge to present.
Oxford graduate Miss Bendell said: ‘As I walked down to the stage she must have said she didn’t want to give me the award and I noticed a kerfuffle as she handed it over.
‘It was a real surprise that it happened at an event that was meant to celebrate the success of women. It certainly took the shine out of the day for me.
‘Ann is a great proponent of women getting ahead by their own merits so I would have hoped that she would have recognised my achievements.’
Ann Widdecombe, as a self-confessed virgin, is in the most despised of society’s sub-cultures, whereas, the cool, sexually uninhibited Emily, on BlueBella.com, has achieved the pinnacle of pornography-chic by marketing the tasteful “suede flogger”, “sweetheart nipple tassels”, “pocket pinky love cuffs”, “supersex beginner’s bondage tape double pack” and “supersex luxury stroker”. Perhaps one day Anne will see the light and acquire her own supersex luxury stroker.
As the article notes, the only way that you can now shock a person is to show some reluctance in endorsing their assorted sweetheart nipple tassels:
When Miss Bendell later asked what had happened she was shocked to hear that Miss Widdecombe had shunned her due to the nature of her business.
Personally, I find the supersex beginner’s bondage tape double pack very handy for extemporaneous repairs to my ageing MX-5′s soft-top.
The obvious incest question
From here:
The attorney for David Epstein, a Colombia university professor charged with incest with his adult daughter, is defending sex between family members by appealing to homosexual “rights” as a precedent.
Epstein’s lawyer, Matthew Galluzzo, told ABC News that “It’s OK for homosexuals to do whatever they want in their own home. How is this so different? We have to figure out why some behavior is tolerated and some is not.”
“What goes on between consenting adults in private should not be legislated. That is not the proper domain of our law,” Galluzo told the Huffington Post, which publishes Epstein’s articles. “If we assume for a moment that both parties are consenting, then why are we prosecuting this?”
I would like to see one of the Anglican denominations that is advocating the legitimacy of same-sex marriage make a defence of why an incestuous relationship between consenting adults is not equally legitimate. I don’t expect to see it soon, though: since the ACoC and TEC have discarded Biblical injunctions against homosexual activity, any appeal to a similar prohibition against incest would be beyond the practiced sophistry of even the most senior bishops.
