beastie wrote:I think the potential damage to youth is serious. But think about it - if young people are preoccupied by worrying over the fact that they can't control themselves, that they're sinful and weak because they masturbate, then they really don't have the mental energy to think skeptically about what they're being taught.
Wait, is the damage caused by an increased risk in prostate cancer or by mental stress? I didn't see anything in the study about mental health.
Anyhow, I do have a couple questions about the study. How early do you need to start in order to see benefits of a decreased risk--when you first hit puberty or can you wait until you're about 40 (I assume that prostate cancer tends to develop later in life). Also, why would frequent flushing of the prostate help decrease risk by flushing out carcinogens as I would think it would be just as likely to let more enter in the first place? I think more study would need to be done.
That's General Leo. He could be my friend if he weren't my enemy. eritis sicut dii I support NCMO
asbestosman wrote:So you're saying that it's a reasonable goal at least to the point that there is some success at meeting it?
Reasonable in that if the LDS Church demands it of its members, the government won't give a tinker's damn.
“I was hooked from the start,” Snoop Dogg said. “We talked about the purpose of life, played Mousetrap, and ate brownies. The kids thought it was off the hook, for real.”
asbestosman wrote:Hmmm, but I didn't think the government cared about the United Order, so what did you mean by that?
If your point is to take me to task for not observing the principle of parallelism, I freely concede that I did not. Sometimes jokes are like that.
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“I was hooked from the start,” Snoop Dogg said. “We talked about the purpose of life, played Mousetrap, and ate brownies. The kids thought it was off the hook, for real.”
Trevor wrote:If your point is to take me to task for not observing the principal of parallelism, I freely concede that I did not. Sometimes jokes are like that.
Dangit. I hate it when I miss a joke.
I wasn't trying to critique your ability to write (which is superior to my own). I was just hoping that maybe my find demonstrated at least an unconscious support for the idea that some people can go through life without wanking and that such is a more reasonable goal than, say, a theocracy or even polygamy. But I suppose you would know yourself better than I would.
Man, I really hate it when I miss a joke--unless maybe the joke's on me.
That's General Leo. He could be my friend if he weren't my enemy. eritis sicut dii I support NCMO
Trevor wrote:If your point is to take me to task for not observing the principal of parallelism, I freely concede that I did not. Sometimes jokes are like that.
Dangit. I hate it when I miss a joke.
I wasn't trying to critique your ability to write (which is superior to my own). I was just hoping that maybe my find demonstrated at least an unconscious support for the idea that some people can go through life without wanking and that such is a more reasonable goal than, say, a theocracy or even polygamy. But I suppose you would know yourself better than I would.
Man, I really hate it when I miss a joke--unless maybe the joke's on me.
No biggie. I miss so much here. Evidently I don't understand a word of what dartagnan writes, or so he tells me on a regular basis. And many people misunderstand what I write, so I must not be that good at it after all. But rest assured, the joke was not on you. Well, it was very indirectly about you in that you are a member of the LDS Church.
“I was hooked from the start,” Snoop Dogg said. “We talked about the purpose of life, played Mousetrap, and ate brownies. The kids thought it was off the hook, for real.”
Trevor wrote: Evidently I don't understand a word of what dartagnan writes, or so he tells me on a regular basis. And many people misunderstand what I write, so I must not be that good at it after all.
Well, then I guess I don't understand it either because your own interpretation of him mirrors mine exactly.
You, on the other hand, seem perfectly clear.
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
Some Schmo wrote:Well, then I guess I don't understand it either because your own interpretation of him mirrors mine exactly.
You, on the other hand, seem perfectly clear.
Yeah, well, we could be insane in precisely the same way. Are you an atheist too? Maybe that's the problem. You have to be a theist to understand Kevin. Only by the light of the HG can these things be interpreted correctly. Now I'm just being catty.
“I was hooked from the start,” Snoop Dogg said. “We talked about the purpose of life, played Mousetrap, and ate brownies. The kids thought it was off the hook, for real.”
Some Schmo wrote:Well, then I guess I don't understand it either because your own interpretation of him mirrors mine exactly.
You, on the other hand, seem perfectly clear.
Yeah, well, we could be insane in precisely the same way. Are you an atheist too? Maybe that's the problem. You have to be a theist to understand Kevin. Only by the light of the HG can these things be interpreted correctly. Now I'm just being catty.
It would seem that, in an attempt to understand insanity, one could fall victim to the phenomenon they're trying to deconstruct.
No, I don't believe in god(s), which makes it perfectly ok for me to masturbate (trying to bring beastie's thread back around...)
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
Some Schmo wrote:No, I don't believe in god(s), which makes it perfectly ok for me to masturbate (trying to bring beastie's thread back around...)
Ahem. Yes, about masturbation...
“I was hooked from the start,” Snoop Dogg said. “We talked about the purpose of life, played Mousetrap, and ate brownies. The kids thought it was off the hook, for real.”