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PurestAmbrosia
Thanks for that what a deep insight... oh leader of the pack and holder of the flame....
Judge me by my size do you!? :D
But seriously, why try to scare the girl with references to an imaginary place that one can only experience after death!? What possible mutualistic benefit could that provide to her, you or anyone else?
I think I'll let my colleagues over in the Classics department know about this site . . . oh the sub-texts and deconstructions to be transcribed throug the briar rabbit narratives . . .
But here back to factual reality: 79% of humanity do not agree that your body is a vehicle of sin that you must cover up and hide in order to be a good person. So take solace in that and question the authority which has reduced you to your current state. That is what many of us did when we were adolescents. It is not easy even in an indulgent society, and to be fair to the extremely conservative view being proposed by my self-determined adversaries, an overly indulgent society can indeed make it all much, much worse.
But I believe it was in a post by one of yus folks up above in which you said something along the lines of "moderation in all things." I can agree that wearing a thong and bending over in public or working as a stripper is not moderation, but then covering every inch of your skin for fear that a male eye may lasciciously linger therewith is not exactly moderate either.
As an Asian-Italian hyrbid hermaphrodite (I suffer congenital adrenal hyperplasia so its not my fault, kay?) who follows the way of Buddha in my daily life as a stockbroker in bustling Hong Kong, all I can say is, be true to yourself. Sometimes you'll feel like beating your chest, even if you wear Pippy Long Stockings, and sometimes you'll feel like being a sweet demure little girl hiding with a pensive grin behind her veil. Its all about the choices, and the beauty of the human character that is fostered in the contexts of honor systems that allow those choices to be made.
Every society has its deviants, its extremists, its criminals, its excessors. It is a fundamental truth of human nature that we are variable. Is a society more virtuous by disrespecting the dignity, the autonomy, and the self-respect of the individual by imposing its will on everyone with detailed prescriptive rituals for sacramentization? Or is it more virtuous by using the carrot AND the stick? You be the judge young lady. It's a global village and even if you are stuck in a place unfortunate to be ruled by a non-elected and pedantic regime, you can with sufficient resolve, free yourself even from those bonds.