http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/ Life from the view of a Christian pragmatist and educator. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:40:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://notes-from-offcenter.com/2008/03/20/orwell-on-chastity-and-orthodoxy/#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-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-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-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?

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