The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #97938   Message #1933336
Posted By: Amos
11-Jan-07 - 10:38 AM
Thread Name: BS: Curtains and Bras
Subject: RE: BS: Curtains and Bras
MAster Who?LOL!

It's about the Puritans, ya see. They got kicked out of Europe for being too obsessive to live with, booted out by the Anglicans in the UK, and went and made life miserable for themselves and the native American gang in Massachusetts because no-one else would have them. These are the folks who invented the bundling board and the bathing gown, the black rectangle for hiding body parts in pictures and films, and the idea of censoring booklists in the public library, a concept they borrowed from a Muslim troop commander namede Amr bin al 'Ass whose caliph Umar suggested it.

The idea is to suppress physical urged in order to clarify the mind for good works and such.

But we also have a strong tradition of joie de vivre, youthful zest, manly exuberance, and love.

So it's a problem.

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