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Re: Re: Kabu
like right now really.
posted by
Kabu
on October 27, 2016 at 4:05 PM
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Re: Re: Aba
I thought so!
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on October 27, 2016 at 8:34 AM
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Ukusa
Unfortunately, I couldn't get the song. Will try again.
posted by
anib
on October 27, 2016 at 12:47 AM
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Re: Drought's over, let's sing & celebrate HEALTH prayers! Welcome Anibanerji
What a delightful lady you are, UKUSA! "Drought". Yes, I so like it ... Your expression.
posted by
anib
on October 27, 2016 at 12:44 AM
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Re: Shamaji
Balance is the middle-path of Buddha's teachings which I so much love.
posted by
anib
on October 27, 2016 at 12:41 AM
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Drought's over, let's sing & celebrate HEALTH prayers! Welcome Anibanerji
Here's SALUD! real health to body & spirit (BTW, great article - Bible condemns sexual perverts for a reason). Greek civilization actually thought women were boring, their bodies "uninteresting ... nude males, the height of beauty"! It had to die.
http://www.godvine.com/David-Phelps-and-His-Daughter-Sing-the-Most-Breathtaking-Duet-2960.html
shalom, shalom. Use organic honey instead of sugar; or in warm water 3X daily.
posted by
NocrossJustchristmas
on October 26, 2016 at 11:48 PM
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Balance is indeed the best option. There may be a thin line between art and life but sometimes the line has to be drawn.
posted by
shamasehar
on October 26, 2016 at 10:46 PM
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Re: Re: Aba - Forgot
Ha ha Presta dear, makes all the more difficult to forget 
posted by
anib
on October 26, 2016 at 10:14 PM
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Re: Aba
Some things are just not art at all, but since this story is probably autobiographical there is honesty in its moody morose silence and sufferings. Yes I have had to teach this novella to my post radiate students, majors that you call.
posted by
anib
on October 26, 2016 at 10:12 PM
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Re: pendorin
Here's extending you a warm welcome, and a thank you for reading my contributin. You observe rightly that Aschenbach was not happy with his obsessin and that many predators after assaulting, feel no guilt or remorse. I too will visit your blog.
posted by
anib
on October 26, 2016 at 10:05 PM
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Re: Kabu
in the times they wrote all these literatures, war was in the offing and people were confused and scared. So anything unnatural may have been natural, the times of fear does make one's senses go off balance. This is my understanding.
posted by
anib
on October 26, 2016 at 9:40 PM
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Re: yes, true FSI
Thanks for your reading and commenting.
posted by
anib
on October 26, 2016 at 9:36 PM
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Re: Shobana
I do fully agree with you on this that it must have been a difficult tale to tell in those times, however frank and honest they may have been with themselves.
posted by
anib
on October 26, 2016 at 9:35 PM
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Re: Aba - Forgot
Forgot this:
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on October 26, 2016 at 8:50 PM
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Aba
Dear Aba, I ditto Kabu, times two, and FSI! It is a difficult tale to hear, and must have been a difficult tale to teach, if one had to teach it, especially in previous times. And some things just are not art, though they may be artistically and intellectually presented. LOL! Good job of telling the tale.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on October 26, 2016 at 8:10 PM
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What I'm pleased about is the fact that he keep his physical distance from this boy that he found to be so breathtakingly beautiful; he didn't seem pleased by his love for this child, but just the opposite of being pleased. Many predators are without regrets for their inappropriate behaviors or can't say they looked, but didn't touch a child.
posted by
pendorin
on October 26, 2016 at 5:43 PM
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I had problems with this for although I have no trouble accepting homosexuality I have huge problems with all underage sexual encounters. Pedophilia and stalking are criminal activity. This is life that has to be checked, I don't see it as Art.
posted by
Kabu
on October 26, 2016 at 7:22 AM
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His background influenced this writing heavily.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on October 26, 2016 at 6:44 AM
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I think this must have been a hard story to tell in an age where homosexuality was forbidden and shirked much less cursed. The conflicts therein were stated with much agony for sure.
posted by
shobana
on October 26, 2016 at 5:51 AM
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