[Rhodes22-list] Ed's Ritual Mounting

[Robert Skinner]

mputnam1 at aol.com wrote:
> Ed,
> If you find "rookie" questions so annoying, why do
> you bother answering them?
> - Mark

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Mark, I think it's a power thing.  Anthropologically, it 
is referred to as "ritual mounting", and is a behavior 
often exhibited by dogs.  It has few, if any, sexual 
connotations.  It is about dominance.

>From http://www.portalofevil.com/index.html

"... Now, those baboons just engage in 'ritual mounting' 
as a sign of domination, or so they say, but I think I 
know a lot of guys who would be uncomfortable if their 
boss jammed his pelvis against their ass..."

>From http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1046865/posts

"Another aspect of Kwanzaa and its treatment by the 
establishment, esp. the press, is what it says about 
the power arraingment in this country. For decades 
Kwanzaa was a nothing holiday celebrated almost 
exclusively by the white liberals who control the 
mass-media. They understood the nature of the holiday, 
and understood the irritation it would cause to people. 
The open embracing with impunity of a holiday that is 
completely against their alleged principles is a 
purposeful slap in the face of their subjects, a ritual 
mounting to demonstrate their power over their victims. 
I can flaunt the rules and there is nothing you can do 
about it but grin and shuffle. This is the way ruling 
classes are, it's not enough just to rule, they must be 
seen to dominate, for the emotional satisfaction it 
gives and as a tool to intimidate any potential 
opposition."

And, from one of my favorite authors:
http://harlanellison.com/heboard/archive/unca20060807.htm

"Hell, it isn't even a man-woman thing. Leonid Brezhnev 
loved to hug and paw our President Nixon, mostly because 
he knew Nixon hated to be touched and would be too 
concerned with diplomacy to make an issue of it. In the 
body language of monkeys and dogs, it was a ritual 
mounting. It said, 'I am a bigger dog than you, so you 
have to sit and take it.'"

I leave it to Ed to explain why he feels the need to 
dominate other list members.

/Robert Skinner