Setting out one's stall

[andy at handiwork]

A look at my postings over the years, if you could be arsed, would indicate that I'm generally of the left, liberal with a small L, un-xenophobic, non-sexist, anti-racist, pro-European, and a fan, and occasional shooter, of porn, or I wouldn't be here. What I would like to know is, does a liking for such material tend to make one more or less likely to become reactionary? It sometimes seems that the only thing I have in common with many of the folk on here is a penchant for naked females.

[colonel]

andy at handiwork wrote:

> A look at my postings over the years, if you could be arsed,
> would indicate that I'm generally of the left, liberal with a
> small L, un-xenophobic, non-sexist, anti-racist, pro-European,
> and a fan, and occasional shooter, of porn, or I wouldn't be
> here.

That's me too-only I wished I shot some porn some decade!

I don't think everyone on here is 'reactionary'- Von Boy and JonnyHungwell are, but that is open in both their cases and you know what to expect. So no problem.

I think this place just mirrors the 'real world'. Yes, the English are very right wing- conservatives with big or small Cs. Yes, the Celts are passionate and fiery- radicals or liberals with big or small Rs or Ls. Everyone protects their own- everyone parties too much- everyone breaks hearts they should have kept close and kept close people they should have told to piss off...

It's the human condition. Simple as.

[andy at handiwork]

Thanks for that. Its just that on here and VEF as well , one tends to get a reactionary posting/reply more often than not. It cant just be a simple Politics thing. The Right is as down on porn as the Left. My paper of choice, the Guardian, has a number of writers who would condem my proclivities as much as the paper I wouldn't even line the cat's (had I one) tray with, the Mail.

[colonel]

Left and Right have people who see this as exploitation and those who see it as total freedom. I see it as the latter- for example, Rupert Murdoch must have indirectly bought 200+ women sports cars, villas and big country houses since 1969. Who is being exploited there? And anyone who exploits Murdoch is a hero in my book.