God's Abstinence Only Initiative failed. Now what?

[displacedtexan]

God (aka the god of Abraham) tried it in Genesis. It failed miserably.

What's next... Divine Planned Parenthood?

(I wrote about this on my blog today. I expect hatemail.)

[eek MD]

1. Hmm, he can always try ...

Coitus Interruptus... :)

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2. Psychosis.

Very powerful. Can be vaguely controlled with medications, in which case it makes people easier to handle. Gaining momentum.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. Hey, I just thought up a great name for an abstinence initiative!

God's Abstinence Youth. How about it?

[Book Lover]

4. You mean the Junior Anti-Sex League?

The aim of the Party was not merely to prevent men and women from forming loyalties which it might not be able to control. Its real, undeclared purpose was to remove all pleasure from the sexual act. Not love so much as eroticism was the enemy, inside marriage as well as outside it. All marriages between Party members had to be approved by a committee appointed for the purpose, and -- though the principle was never clearly stated -- permission was always refused if the couple concerned gave the impression of being physically attracted to one another. The only recognized purpose of marriage was to beget children for the service of the Party. Sexual intercourse was to be looked on as a slightly disgusting minor operation, like having an enema. This again was never put into plain words, but in an indirect way it was rubbed into every Party member from childhood onwards. There were even organizations such as the Junior Anti-Sex League, which advocated complete celibacy for both sexes. All children were to be begotten by artificial insemination (artsem, it was called in Newspeak) and brought up in public institutions. This, Winston was aware, was not meant altogether seriously, but somehow it fitted in with the general ideology of the Party. The Party was trying to kill the sex instinct, or, if it could not be killed, then to distort it and dirty it. He did not know why this was so, but it seemed natural that it should be so. And as far as the women were concerned, the Party's efforts were largely successful.

[displacedtexan]

6. Explain how a man expels semen sans pleasure.

As I recall, that's never addressed in 1984.

[Book Lover]

7. Good point

As a female, I'm hardly the expert, but good point.

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8. Ho! he can!

With certain types of neuroses, ejaculation can be achieved without pleasure or can even be felt as painful. As all religious authorities know full well, neurosis is the way to go!

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5. That makes GAY as acronym !!!