Moral absolutes - do not want

[essayel]

I've just been reading John C Wright's FIVE POST justification of his views on love, marriage, sex and his absolute conviction that whoever else burns in hell fire it won't be him. The link is to part one BTW if anyone has the stomach to sit through it.

Now I feel slightly dirty and wholly ashamed of being a middleaged, white, married heterosexual in case people think I'm like him.

I think I'll go and draw some more cartoon strip. In the next section - for absolutely valid, in character, historically verifiable reasons - Anatolios loses his clothes! *reaches for Burne Hogarth*

ETA - actually can I just make it clear that I know very well that drawing and writing the stuff I write and draw doesn't actually make me any the less privileged in my life. I've seen LOTS of references to 'checking your privilege' lately and I'm not quite sure how to do it but I think it's something to do with being ashamed that you've had it so easy.

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[wulfila.livejournal.com]

Yay for more cartoon strips! But I have no idea if I will be able to sit through the whole bizarre wright text (especially as I had never heard of the guy before the whole drama around his views reached even the German fantasy reading scene some days ago).

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Oh don't. He manages to be incredibly offensive. A cynic might suggest that this is fantastic free publicity because his name is being mentioned in places where it will never have been mentioned before. If only one in 1000 people by a book out of curiosity it will probably up his sales by a significant amount.

Don't know why my initial comment didn't post. Must be Lj having a little thromby.

Anatomy is fun. Think I might sign up for a life class, but sadly I doubt there'll be any Greek athletes to draw.