Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!glacier!oliveb!hplabs!qantel!lll-lcc!lll-crg!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!sunybcs!ellie!colonel From: colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) Newsgroups: net.rec.nude Subject: Re: Nudist life style Message-ID: <887@ellie.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 13:44:56 EST Article-I.D.: ellie.887 Posted: Thu Mar 13 13:44:56 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Mar-86 01:18:59 EST References: <83200002@siemens.UUCP> <1819@hammer.UUCP> <683@frog.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: A-1 Mosquito Farms Lines: 21 Keywords: children, eating in front of In article <683@frog.UUCP>, wjr@frog.UUCP (STella Calvert) writes: > OK, so riddle me this -- why is eating (another enjoyable biofunction) > not only not private, but downright social? > > I think the "sex is private" argument begs an important question -- if > it's not "dirty", why is it necessarily more private than other > activities? You mean you let your kids watch you EAT? > > I really didn't think anything could shock me, but I guess I was > wrong. Eating in front of _children_? The _Worm Runner's Digest_ once printed an article called "Nice People Don't Eat"--a straightforward extrapolation. I think it appeared in the WRD anthology _A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown._ -- Col. G. L. Sicherman UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel CS: colonel@buffalo-cs BI: csdsicher@sunyabva