pornotopia

[Jonathan Lighter]

By saying they were, one commits a political act. A political act of
appropriation, unless I miss my guess.

By objecting, you relieve yourself of your default complicity.

But if you think that makes you better than the rest of us, I can
deconstruct you of that notion.

JL

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > ancient Greece and Rome were pornotopias.
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> Except that, of course, the ancient Greeks and Romans didn't see it that
> way.
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