[Rhodes22-list] Ed's Ritual Mounting

[L. Sailor]

With a dollop of  ?Quien es mas macho? thrown in  ;^)

elle

Actually the latest postings have been pleasant and
informative to read. I could like this new Ed....


--- mputnam1 at aol.com wrote:

> Robert,
>  
> I should have realized that Ed's attempts at
> put-downs had their origins in some sort of
> primitive baboonish behavior.  That makes a lot of
> sense.  
>  
> I was going to attribute it to junior high
> mine-is-bigger-than-your's juvenile nonsense.  But
> that would be an insult to junior high kids
> everywhere.
>  
> - Mark
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robert at squirrelhaven.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Sent: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 9:53 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Ed's Ritual Mounting
> 
> 
> 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
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