[Rhodes22-list] Ed's Ritual Mounting

[L. Sailor]

Have FAITH, young man, have faith!

might get kinda boring, tho'...like 3.2 beer

elle

--- mputnam1 at aol.com wrote:

> "New Ed"?   Hmmmmm ... sort of like new coke?
>  
> It won't last ... 
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: watermusic38 at yahoo.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Sent: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 8:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Ed's Ritual Mounting
> 
> 
> 
> 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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