Re: Paper Tiger

"Harbinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Your binge in Bangkok did you a lot of goods. Now, I've learned virginity
is
> a prized items. Perhaps, you could advise gals in the West not to give it
> away freely !!
You are the stupidist fukker I have ever seen.
>
>
> "Brian Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:GYAx/Yhtj/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Harbinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >Pearls Buck's Good Earth dwelt on this aspect of sexual relationship in
> > >China when she wrote about Wang, the protagonist , taking a young maid
as
> > >his concubine.
> >
> > Yes it's clear that she recognised this as well, but it's not quite
> > what I was talking about. It's been ages since I read it, but I don't
> > recall that Wang was an old man needing some rejuvenating health tonic
> > in the form of a young virgin. That's the belief I was asking you
> > about. I can sort of understand why some of these old fogies believe
> > that eating tiger bones and penises, or other exotic animal parts
> > might give them back their "power", but to view the consumption of a
> > young girl's virginity simply as a tonic for their vitality... well
> > it's very different than saying a man likes to have a young and pretty
> > wife.
> >
> > >It is Darwinian. It ensures that gene of the strong and able passes
down
> to
> > >the offspring and the weak eliminated. It may seem cruel or
inequitable.
> But
> > >it is the law of nature or "jungle'.
> >
> > Now you're just spouting clichés. The old men I'm talking about, who
> > form the market for young virgins kidnapped or tricked into slavery,
> > have already passed their genes to their children (and probably even
> > grandchildren). They're looking to gain some sort of vitality by
> > having a virgin, not to make more kids. In the process, a healthy
> > young girl's life is ruined. Explain the Darwinian effects of *that*.
> >
> > >Having said this, I vehemently deny that Mao was a pedophile as
> insinuated
> > >by you with malicious intention in the next part of your posting..
> >
> > Of course you do, wouldn't expect otherwise.
> >
> > >Pedophile and related kinky sexual practice is not the monopoly of this
> part
> > >of the world. Please read Lolita.
> >
> > Of course it isn't any group's monopoly, never said it was. Pedophiles
> > come to this region from all over the place. But as I said, it's now
> > being prosecuted without regard to national borders. Most societies
> > view it as a serious crime against the child, and a crime committed
> > here or in Cambodia can be prosecuted in an Australian or English or
> > American court. But as far as I know, most of these perverts don't
> > share a cultural belief that taking a young girl's virginity has
> > beneficial effects on health and vigour, akin to taking bird's nest
> > soup or tiger bone powder. And these low-lifes will not pay the
> > hundreds of thousands of baht that is the going rate for the youngest
> > virgins, they are reserved for those who will.
> >
> > You're in Singapore, you must have heard of those couple of small
> > islands in Riau where these type of brothels operate. They exist
> > strictly for the Singapore market, boatloads make the short trip every
> > weekend. Same deal, the youngest virgin girls sold to the richest old
> > tycoons as a health tonic. I'll bet the price is much higher than it
> > would be at an underground brothel in Nakorn Nowhere.
> >
> > And before you accuse me of singling out the old Chinese men, I agree
> > that even this type of cultural belief is not only with (some of)
> > them. Another well reported phenomenon is the belief among many of the
> > uneducated, or superstitious young men in South Africa, that having
> > sex with a child can cure them of AIDS. And just like most South
> > Africans are horrified by these terrible stories and the superstitious
> > beliefs that spawned them, I'm sure that most Chinese people must also
> > be horrified by this terrible misuse of innocent children.
> >
> > I am rather troubled that you seek to diminish the issue as some sort
> > of normal tendency based on Darwinian laws, much less a normal "aspect
> > of sexual relations in China".
> >
> > Brian
> > -- 
> >      Those in power believe that if no one is there to point out
> >        a driver's mistakes, he simply won't make any. - Bo Yang
>
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