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Subject: Comments on -Sex
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>...
>On the other hand, I have tried my hand at nonmarital sex, and have enjoyed
>...
                                     ^^ Obviously has a lot to learn!!!

>My idea is that if a man and a woman are consenting, anything goes.  I would
>not have sex with someone that I just met, or don't care very much for, ...

	Remember the WWII poster: "She may look clean, BUT ..."

>I just think that commitment is the keyword here, but it does not
>necessarily have to be towards marriage.

	Nice sentiment, Colin, but marriage IS commitment and the MOST
	commitment IS marriage.

I suggest that there is much PRACTICAL value in most moral "rules" and 
it probably pays in the long run.  Not only are there VD things and AIDS
to avoid but there are positive benefits from having that "first time" with
Someone With Whom You Are Totally And Mutually Committed (virtually married).

Has anyone out there forgotten your "first love"? (any base counts as a 'hit'!)
Is it too much to draw an analogy from that memory with the "imprinting" of
ducks?  

	Rick Merrill

"There is more in this world than is dreamt of in your philosophy."
						- Polonious(?) (- Shakespeare)