Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!hammy From: hammy@orion.oac.uci.edu (John S. Hamilton) Newsgroups: alt.sex Subject: Re: Morality and kissing... Keywords: morality, kissing Message-ID: <4309@orion.cf.uci.edu> Date: 18 Jan 90 07:18:14 GMT References: <747@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <1861@rex.cs.tulane.edu> Reply-To: hammy@orion.oac.uci.edu (John S. Hamilton) Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 20 >In article <747@darkstar.ucsc.edu> lechner@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Eric Lechner) writes: >>You are on a bus, going home from either school or work, and >>are approached by a reasonably attractive member of the appropriate >>sex who politely asks the question "excuse me, but would you >>mind terribly if i were to kiss you?". > >>What is your response? > 1. Being a basically trusting person, if the individual were polite enough to ask the question politely, I could only assume they would be considerate enough of me not to pass on a contagious disease. 2. Regarding the moral issue, what is immoral about kissing someone? ;^) I do not believe this constitutes either fornication or adultry. 3. Motives? Who am I to ask why she wants to kiss me? If I do it well enough, I will probably find out why, anyway. ;^) :^) :^) Hammy