[Rhodes22-list] Ed's Ritual Mounting

[TN Rhodey]

Guys,

Ed should be happy you have changed the subject. Well done. :-)

Wally


>From: Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Ed's Ritual Mounting
>Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:53:29 -0400
>
>mputnam1 at aol.com wrote:
> > Ed,
> > If you find "rookie" questions so annoying, why do
> > you bother answering them?
> > - Mark
>
>--------------------------------------------------------
>
>Mark, I think it's a power thing.  Anthropologically, it
>is referred to as "ritual mounting", and is a behavior
>often exhibited by dogs.  It has few, if any, sexual
>connotations.  It is about dominance.
>
> >From http://www.portalofevil.com/index.html
>
>"... Now, those baboons just engage in 'ritual mounting'
>as a sign of domination, or so they say, but I think I
>know a lot of guys who would be uncomfortable if their
>boss jammed his pelvis against their ass..."
>
> >From http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1046865/posts
>
>"Another aspect of Kwanzaa and its treatment by the
>establishment, esp. the press, is what it says about
>the power arraingment in this country. For decades
>Kwanzaa was a nothing holiday celebrated almost
>exclusively by the white liberals who control the
>mass-media. They understood the nature of the holiday,
>and understood the irritation it would cause to people.
>The open embracing with impunity of a holiday that is
>completely against their alleged principles is a
>purposeful slap in the face of their subjects, a ritual
>mounting to demonstrate their power over their victims.
>I can flaunt the rules and there is nothing you can do
>about it but grin and shuffle. This is the way ruling
>classes are, it's not enough just to rule, they must be
>seen to dominate, for the emotional satisfaction it
>gives and as a tool to intimidate any potential
>opposition."
>
>And, from one of my favorite authors:
>http://harlanellison.com/heboard/archive/unca20060807.htm
>
>"Hell, it isn't even a man-woman thing. Leonid Brezhnev
>loved to hug and paw our President Nixon, mostly because
>he knew Nixon hated to be touched and would be too
>concerned with diplomacy to make an issue of it. In the
>body language of monkeys and dogs, it was a ritual
>mounting. It said, 'I am a bigger dog than you, so you
>have to sit and take it.'"
>
>I leave it to Ed to explain why he feels the need to
>dominate other list members.
>
>/Robert Skinner
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