Pericles,
Off topic but a bit of trivia the original Characterization of the Fonz came from Alan Paul of the "Manhattan Transfer" or so he claimed in a number of interviews at the time.
He went on to say Fonz was an amalgum of people he knew growing up in New York.

Interesting stuff TRTL. Wouldn’t it be great if the Christian fraternity could tightly define the parameters of morality. They can’t. In fact they can’t go anywhere near it.

But, can any religions? Maybe some can. But it seems that those that have the tightest definitions are the most oppressive, often really stretching the definition of morality.

It isn’t only religions that have problems with this sort of stuff. Is there any society in the world that tightly defines moral parameters?

In many ways these parameters in Australian society are just as fuzzy as all b*ggery! Not only that, but they are highly duplicitous in many instances, with the same thing being readily accepted in some instances but considered totally unacceptable and even criminal in others, without any apparent differences in the circumstances or environment, and without anything to readily tell us which applies where or why.

There is enormous scope for confusion, and hence considerable scope for people who think they are behaving within the law and within moral parameters getting busted…and hence, scope for people who are doing exactly the same sort of thing being treated very differently and hence unfairly.

OK, that’s all very general and rather fuzzy. Perhaps some people don’t get my drift. Well, I’ll be starting a new thread on this very soon.

Polycarp (or anyone else), what do you think of the three questions I asked in my last post?

Ever since watching Happy Days, I periodically have an urgent need to stick my thumbs out and make a strange, gutteral "ayyyyyyyy" noice. I also frequently demand people see me in my "office", then go to the toilet, and I get strangely embarrassed whenever Mrs C kisses me on the cheek.

Porky: << No..I didn't check it... I just accepted at face value this time. >>

What do you mean, "this time"? As far as I can tell, this is just another case of Porkycrap standard operating procedure - i.e. you stumble across something that superficially fits your idiosyncratic world view, which you then use as the basis for a stupid post to OLO without conducting the most cursory of checks as to whether or not your factoid is true.

Just more Porky crap, I'm afraid.

R0bert

Your apology is accepted, although I can easily see how the mistake was made.

As for what TRTL does with a cucumber, the answer is the same thing he does with a zucchini - Duh!

What WAS the topic again? Oh yes, the media and morality.

What I find immoral about the media is, um, too many lifestyle programs, page three girls and no page three guys, adhering to the ideology of the boss (political bias), eg Murdoch. Too much sensationalising of trivia eg, someone's breast falling out and not enough investigation into important issues eg, government investment in infrastructure.

PS

TRTL a little advice for ya.
Dildos have a longer... shelf-life than veggies.

I'll save the best seats in hell for y'all.

TRTL.
Are there problems that you might need some kind of rubber activity?

The whole thing is that many endeavours (porn, additional sex equipment, impure thoughts dwelt upon for lengths of time) lead to lust and lust has great power to alter peoples lives for the worse.

If the addiction is strong enough the 'victim' of the lust (it is a spirit power that manipulates) can become the offender and go into places that he shouldnt go...i.e. the gay areas to the spreading of disease and further social immorality, the brothels and eventually, other peoples homes.

Sex crime is increasing as the porn spreads.
It really pays to watch what we think.

I wear Speedos when I go to the beach...though I dont often go any more.
It would be nice to see topless sunbaking no longer permitted.

It only makes it hard for the young guys whom think sex all the time and spreads the rotten lust factor that in the end will bring down a civilisation.