http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:30:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/comment-page-1/#comment-4005 Marriage and Intimacy: 30 Days of Abstinence · Notes From Off-Center Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:50:48 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/#comment-4005 [...] March I connected the 30 Day Sex Challenge with Orwell’s image of the repression of desire in 1984. There are other more fundamental theological issues at stake as well. My question now is: If that [...] [...] March I connected the 30 Day Sex Challenge with Orwell's image of the repression of desire in 1984. There are other more fundamental theological issues at stake as well. My question now is: If that [...]

]]> http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/comment-page-1/#comment-822 Drew Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:45:24 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/#comment-822 Not in the same sense I am thinking. That was something you chose. If you have read 1984 it is not so much of a choice as an assumed condition of life in general. The same is true for many who will assume that a given orthodox position must be true. The question I am asking is if maintaining orthodoxy is the same thing as social control or thought police as it were. Not in the same sense I am thinking. That was something you chose. If you have read 1984 it is not so much of a choice as an assumed condition of life in general. The same is true for many who will assume that a given orthodox position must be true. The question I am asking is if maintaining orthodoxy is the same thing as social control or thought police as it were.

]]> http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/comment-page-1/#comment-2602 dtatusko Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:45:24 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/#comment-2602 Not in the same sense I am thinking. That was something you chose. If you have read 1984 it is not so much of a choice as an assumed condition of life in general. The same is true for many who will assume that a given orthodox position must be true. The question I am asking is if maintaining orthodoxy is the same thing as social control or thought police as it were. Not in the same sense I am thinking. That was something you chose. If you have read 1984 it is not so much of a choice as an assumed condition of life in general. The same is true for many who will assume that a given orthodox position must be true. The question I am asking is if maintaining orthodoxy is the same thing as social control or thought police as it were.

]]> http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Looney Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:39:08 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/#comment-821 OK. When I was an undergraduate, my girl friend returned to her home country and told me she didn't want to see me again until I had my master's degree. Would that constitute "sexual repression"? My powerful instinct was bottled down and turned into a driving force that compelled me to work hard and finish my degree faster ... OK. When I was an undergraduate, my girl friend returned to her home country and told me she didn't want to see me again until I had my master's degree. Would that constitute "sexual repression"? My powerful instinct was bottled down and turned into a driving force that compelled me to work hard and finish my degree faster …

]]> http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/comment-page-1/#comment-2603 Looney Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:39:08 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/#comment-2603 OK. When I was an undergraduate, my girl friend returned to her home country and told me she didn't want to see me again until I had my master's degree. Would that constitute "sexual repression"? My powerful instinct was bottled down and turned into a driving force that compelled me to work hard and finish my degree faster ... OK. When I was an undergraduate, my girl friend returned to her home country and told me she didn't want to see me again until I had my master's degree. Would that constitute "sexual repression"? My powerful instinct was bottled down and turned into a driving force that compelled me to work hard and finish my degree faster …

]]> http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Drew Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:26:44 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/#comment-820 I am using in the sense of the passage from 1984, "by bottling down some powerful instinct and using it as a driving force". I am using in the sense of the passage from 1984, "by bottling down some powerful instinct and using it as a driving force".

]]> http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/comment-page-1/#comment-2604 dtatusko Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:26:44 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/#comment-2604 I am using in the sense of the passage from 1984, "by bottling down some powerful instinct and using it as a driving force". I am using in the sense of the passage from 1984, "by bottling down some powerful instinct and using it as a driving force".

]]> http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Looney Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:40:23 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/#comment-819 Drew, the term "sexual repression" looks like a technical term begging for a definition. Do you have one? Drew, the term "sexual repression" looks like a technical term begging for a definition. Do you have one?

]]> http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/comment-page-1/#comment-2605 Looney Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:40:23 +0000 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/#comment-2605 Drew, the term "sexual repression" looks like a technical term begging for a definition. Do you have one? Drew, the term "sexual repression" looks like a technical term begging for a definition. Do you have one?

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