Comments on: Philips, Pompeii and human sexuality http://www.john-wright.net/2008/09/11/philips-pompeii-and-human-sexuality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=philips-pompeii-and-human-sexuality Not Facebook Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:58:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fagan agrees | John Wright http://www.john-wright.net/2008/09/11/philips-pompeii-and-human-sexuality/comment-page-1/#comment-2800 Fagan agrees | John Wright Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:24:28 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/?p=1008#comment-2800 [...] to note, having read the excerpts, that Fagan would surely agree largely with what I wrote in Philips, Pompeii and Human Sexuality, blaming Augustine for creating the prudish Christianity that influences our culture today, and [...] [...] to note, having read the excerpts, that Fagan would surely agree largely with what I wrote in Philips, Pompeii and Human Sexuality, blaming Augustine for creating the prudish Christianity that influences our culture today, and [...]

]]> By: Liam http://www.john-wright.net/2008/09/11/philips-pompeii-and-human-sexuality/comment-page-1/#comment-2610 Liam Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:41:15 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/?p=1008#comment-2610 I'll settle for that John. The best of all worlds it is. After all, what's the point of having your cake and NOT eating it? :-) I’ll settle for that John. The best of all worlds it is. After all, what’s the point of having your cake and NOT eating it? :-)

]]> By: John http://www.john-wright.net/2008/09/11/philips-pompeii-and-human-sexuality/comment-page-1/#comment-2609 John Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:06:57 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/?p=1008#comment-2609 Well I'm certainly not claiming the Roman Empire to have been a model for anything, politically; as you suggest, it was no paradise. But in the case of sexuality it was much more liberated: can't we have the best of all worlds? :) Well I’m certainly not claiming the Roman Empire to have been a model for anything, politically; as you suggest, it was no paradise. But in the case of sexuality it was much more liberated: can’t we have the best of all worlds? :)

]]> By: Liam http://www.john-wright.net/2008/09/11/philips-pompeii-and-human-sexuality/comment-page-1/#comment-2606 Liam Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:09:55 +0000 http://www.john-wright.net/?p=1008#comment-2606 Hmmm, All well and good. But didn't this libertarian paradise practice slavery on a scale never seen before or since? And inflict its savage cruelty on the known world, sacking cities from Caledonia to Carthage? I'll settle for a little sexual hypocrisy a la Augustine if the alternative is the Libyan salt mines ta John, if it's all the same. I do enjoy shagging though... Hmmm,

All well and good. But didn’t this libertarian paradise practice slavery on a scale never seen before or since? And inflict its savage cruelty on the known world, sacking cities from Caledonia to Carthage?

I’ll settle for a little sexual hypocrisy a la Augustine if the alternative is the Libyan salt mines ta John, if it’s all the same.

I do enjoy shagging though…

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