In a message dated 12/6/2001 4:22:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dossy@panoptic.com writes:
<< We all know that there are only two real capitalist driving
forces in the economy today: war and porn. I'm waiting for
the time when the two become mixed -- a bunch of porn superstars
committing terrorist acts causing a war-scale military conflict.
-- Dossy
>>
In Anthony Burgesses short story, The Wanting Seed (out of print) Burgess
views a 26th century society where (no biggie) the Police officiers all where
cosmetics, and wars are chiefly, held between armies of naked men versus
naked women. I believe the story was sort of written as a successor to A
Clockwork Orange, and what would that society have evolved into. Burgess's
works need to be considered as a bit of fun and a cautionary tale, rather
then an even semi-serious forecast. So perhaps there is nothing new under the
Great Attractor? ;-)
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