In a message dated 3/4/01 11:34:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, N.Faulkner@tesco.net writes:
<< (Leah:) Food and sex are two addictions that have something in common, that set them apart from addictions to things like cigarettes, drugs and gambling. They are natural functions that can not be quit 'cold turkey.' You can live without cigarettes, recreational drugs or gambling. If you stop eating, you die. If you stop having sex of any kind, you are not behaving in a natural fashion.<<
This is possibly the most ridiculous assertion I have ever seen on the Lyst. Thank you, Leah. I do like to haul my arse out of bed to be told I'm not natural. >>
There is no living creature on Earth for whom it is 'natural' to abstain from reproduction for the entirety of their life. It is certainly not natural for homo sapiens. To assert that I have somehow insulted anyone who is celebate by choice is to be deliberately spoiling for a battle. There is no need for contention on this issue, unless you feel that *that* abstention would be an unnatural to you.
Leah