...about just what would be the proper reaction to this particular group: Operation Take One For The Country. Amused? Appalled? Apprehensive? Approving? And that's just the As.
Not that what consenting adults do is any of my business, mind you, but this is definitely one of the... shoot, the censor circuits just kicked it up a notch. I'm actually feeling mildly guilty now about having any opinion on the subject at all, positive or negative. How odd.
(Via Jeff Goldstein; he didn't have any difficulty stating an opinion, dammit.)
I saw this there: "...the second part of our motto is BE DISCRETE!"
Wise advice. Being amorphous can be dangerous.
In a vague sort of way.
Posted by: Gary Farber | April 29, 2004 at 12:18 AM
The article is a gem.
Posted by: asdf | April 29, 2004 at 12:22 AM
I saw this there: "...the second part of our motto is BE DISCRETE!"
I prefer my women to be continuous. Unless she meant discreet, in which case never mind.
Posted by: Slartibartfast | April 29, 2004 at 12:59 AM
Two reasons I love this blog: (1) Two people already made the point about discrete/discreet (2) Now I don't have to do it...
(Sorry, Gary. Edward's infectious.)
Posted by: Jesurgislac | April 29, 2004 at 01:29 AM
You're citing Edward's pet, which is named "infectious"?
What an odd name.
;-)
Posted by: Gary Farber | April 29, 2004 at 01:54 AM
"McDonough is un-phased by this type of objection."
Sounds like Star Trek lingo to me...
Posted by: rilkefan | April 29, 2004 at 02:16 AM
Geez, nothing gets by you Grammar Gods, does it?
Posted by: kenB | April 29, 2004 at 08:20 AM
Yes.
Posted by: asdf | April 29, 2004 at 08:55 AM
I tried a "take one for the team" effort to support the hard-won efforts of local swimsuit models, but those pinkos apparently weren't patriotic enough.
Posted by: carpeicthus | April 29, 2004 at 10:54 AM
Somewhat surreal, this post.
What I love most about this concept is how it illustrates so clearly that puritanical "morals" are a wholly manufactured luxury by-product of a society with too much time on its hands. Making love to a soldier who's being deployed erases so much of the stigma of what would otherwise be promiscuous sex. Why? Because he/she may never return and all the importance of (read: fussiness about) what's "proper" pales in comparison.
(left Infectious at the vet's today.)
Posted by: Edward | April 29, 2004 at 11:12 AM
"Geez, nothing gets by you Grammar Gods, does it?"
Could be, but this is sixth-grade spelling, not grammar.
Posted by: Gary Farber | April 29, 2004 at 11:32 PM