Mr. Fatalism, whom I guess is a non-straight, sounds like every other non-straight or social "progressive" I've come across. Why guessing of this man's sexuality, what doe sit matter? Because it does. In my experience non-straights - the most hurt - always seek out articles critical of their lifestyle. It's a paranoia, really. When they seek validation they also seek out those who make them feel insecure. Hence their timely presence on obscure conservative sites, plus the date Mr. Fatalism dropped by is of no coincidence.
I suspect every change in the landscape of law is a win for some and a loss for others. A win for the kids who spent their lives being bullied and called names, sometimes beaten to death. But viewed as a loss by those religious parents who would sooner force their "effeminate" male children or "masculine" female children to attend Christian re-education camps where they can be held down and shouted at ("Do you know how you're making Jesus feel!? Or your parents!?"), or instructed to pray the gay away.
Oh to bring back the good old colonial days in the U.S. when homosexuals were executed. Though Thomas Jefferson pleaded that they only be castrated.
Oh to bring back the good old days when women could be labeled "fallen" and their children "bastards," and everyone could look down on them.
Oh to bring back the good old days when young Puritan boys and girls experimented with sex in their early teens and only agreed to marry if the girl got pregnant. Of course it was easier and made more sense to marry early back then since kids were taught the tools of their future trades while young and didn't have to spend years in college or trade schools only to graduate and have to struggle to find a job and manage a career.
Oh to bring back the good old days, the days before people started wise-ing up and taking the Catholic Church to court for continuing to play the old game of "hide the pedophile priest in a new parrish."
And let's not get started on Protestant pedophiles like the Super Christian in the Guinness Bk of World Records for the longest sermon, who almost took over Jimmy Swaggert's time slot, who was busted on more counts of taking minors across state lines for sex than anyone had ever been busted before.
Yes, we live in a permissive society with loads of food and access to more addictive substances than our ancestors ever dreamed of, from endlessly tempting sweets, salty and fatty delectables, to a wide variety of alcoholic beverages and mind altering substances, to online gambling, scores of video games (and virtual reality helmets coming soon), endless sources of entertainment, endless variety of clothes, jewelry cars, homes to choose from, and all the pornography the web can spew forth (with sales of porno movies quite brisk whenever the Southern Baptist Convention rents hotels in town). Unless we revert to becoming Amish I'm afraid that's how things will remain, bread and circuses. And even the Amish have trouble keeping drugs out of their community. So perhaps becoming a member of a tight knit fundamentalist Hassidic Jewish sect or a fundamentalist Muslim might be the alternative. Or perhaps just remain a relatively moderate Christian or secularist who is aware of all these possibly addicting things, and tries to maintain one's health in mind and body.
There may come a time when emergency rationing takes place of course, of water, maybe even food. For all we know California could dry up or a super-volcano on the east coast could blow or an asteroid explode above a major city, or a solar flare could explode transformers worldwide. Of course any technologically advanced society would be in danger of collapse then, not just permissive societies.
All in all, I like any society where people have learned to throw words around rather than bricks. Where the sexually frustrated have their outlets. Where the government has social programs for the poor and also taxes the wealthy to a greater percentage than it taxes the poor, and also keeps at least one eye on the environment and developing alternative energy resources.
As for free will I think even more important than making free will decisions is the importance of making well informed decisions. So I hope young people will be taught about sex education and the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases early in school which seems to work well in Scandinavian countries.I could probably, paragraph by paragraph, comment on it, but I'll say one thing: This is how the modern sexually "liberated" mind thinks.
Like I said, I don't know if Mr. Fatalism is straight, but from what he wrote I don't think he is. He very much sounds like a Stonewall type of dick sucker. There isn't much variety to them, Stonewall types that is.
Speaking of types, you get the bright, liberal university student majoring in English (or whatever humanities or social science) types. Then you have the black student who practically drools over Obama types - most likely majoring in political science. Then you have the nerdy non-American (in my experience either from the UK or Spain, I don't know why) type who's best friends with the bright, liberal university student type. They all, more or less, are in the same ecosystem. This group can be found at a liberal arts college, or any prestigious university - preferably private. Once you meet this group you've met all of them - not in numbers, but in personality. They tend to be similar despite the location the educational institution. Why? Because they all run on the same politics and run on the same wave that is modernity. Modernity calls for diversity, but that diversity is not with ideas but with skin color, "cool" locations and sexual orientation.
Mr. Fatalism is the person that such eager young people want to help. The thing is, people like Mr. Fatalism will forever be indignant.
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