>>>*g*.
>>>Lets just say you and I have differing views.
>>>If we live long enough we'll find out who's right.
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>>I incline slightly to the left, so...
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>Yeah, just slightly... :)

Yes. I'm not proposing any revolution, don't call for any violence, I think that democracy is much more than just having parties, actually think that the parties (including particularly The Party) are a bad way for people to get what they want etc.

>Ok. So the United States gov't refuse to help people who peddle in sex... is that so bad that they refuse money that can help at least some of their people?

I assume "they" in the second line is the government of Brazil. I've mentioned elsewhere in the thread, and got it partially confirmed, that the prostitution/abortion clause wasn't the only one; the others were just conveniently omitted from the article. There seem to be many more strings attached.

>>I somehow can't imagine Brazilian girls doing that just to have some cash for partying after school. Maybe a few bored girls from richer families - but then, they aren't typical anywhere.
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>Somehow, I can.

I can't. Brazil, like any third-world country, is not what you see on TV. It's not just beach, carneval and samba. Few miles away from the beach it's conceivably quite a different world.

>>I wasn't (phobic). And still am not, mostly. It's the aggressive rightwing agenda (be it Dominionist Christianity or Orthodox Christianity or Islam - the difference is the same) trying to run our lives the way they want. That's scary.
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>Ok, then you sound paranoid. There is no way this counry will ever be dominated by one particular group/sect.

That one particular maybe not, but what about the one which is governing it now?

>>Abstinence is bad for your mental health. You can't be happy that way. I'm not sure good sex is enough to make one happy, but it surely is a necessary ingredient. We're just built that way. Lacking good sex life makes one look for other ways to use the pent up energy - which all the leaders know and use. They'll feed on that energy and use it to promote their own agenda, subvert it into obedience, hatred, whatever. Read the "Mass psychology of fascism" by Wilchelm Reich - who wasn't always right on his recipes, but his analysis is nearly spotless.
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>Sound like a desparate excuse to have sex... but, each to his own.
>I'll try that excuse on my next date... :)

Not that desperate, and not an excuse. That's how we are. And that's how politicians, clergy, military, sects - you name them - use their members sex drive to channel it to work for their own goals. It's been done for centuries. The hush-hush around these issues just makes it easier for them, because their victims can't even talk about it, and most of the time aren't aware of what's going on and how are they manipulated.

So, on your next date, no excuses. Just plain free human to another free human, expressing their free will for a roll in the hay.