Foxy,

You did not mention tennis but you used the expression "et al", so one could assume that tennis comes into inclusion.

Obviously, you have never driven away from a car race venue.

Dear Is Mise,

Porn has become boring to me. At first the novelty of sitting at my desk and having it freely available was attractive,but it palled on me. However, I think there should be no barriers on people looking at what they want to look at.

I am reading "Joseph Anton". It is Salman Rushdie's account of his life after a fatwa was put on him encouraging believers to kill him for writing "Satanic Verses". I went to a mosque in the West End of Brisbane and was invited to watch their services and sit in as the participants gathered in small groups for discussion after the services. In the group I was in a couple of the men had read "Satanic Verses'. They didn't much like it, but they were for free expression. They approved neither of the fatwa or for banning any written work. In Rushdie's book he also tells of Muslims who are for free expression. The desire for freedom might be a universal.

David,

I read Satanic Verses whilst in hospital recovering from Deep Vein Thrombosis, brought on by not exercising on a flight from India.
The only high point in the book was that I had only very recently walked down the road to Juhu beach that his characters used to reach the sea.

The fatwa was completely unjustified.

Is MIse,

Opinions are subjective after all.

We look at "Satanic Verses" in one way - some
people view it in another way. Personally I enjoyed
"Midnight's Children - much more.

As for car-racing? I have attended the "Grand Prix,"
here in Melbourne. Not my thing. Still to each his own.
The same goes for porn. I thoroughly enjoyed the
series of films - based on "Fifty Shades of Grey."
I've enjoyed "Lady C's Lover," and many more.

"Deep Throat," boring.

Well me too, it became boring after a rainy day stuck in a lunch shed watching men, some of who had never had sex and may still have not slobber over it
Yet right back to Roman times and far beyond it existed
We seem to be having trouble separating the type that victimises its stars and the willing participants stuff

Then there are the 'snuff' movies.