| Re: Non-Essential Philosophy |
EasyNews, UseNet made Ea .. |
| HMS Victor Victorian (victorvictorian@hushunomail.com) |
2013/01/19 10:53 |
On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:00:49 -0500, 4s00th
<formerly_4s00th@hushmail.com> wrote:
>I have been wondering in my mind for quite a while now ...
>
>Perhaps more specifically here than in any other group, we seem to be
>somewhat fixated on the idea of the "beauty" of boys. But I wonder if
>we are really being fair here. After all, "beauty" in many senses is
>such a wholly subjective matter, different for each of us to his or
>her own tastes.
>
>I guess my concern is that there might be boys who stumble onto this
>group and see the pictures and expressions of adoration we make to the
>beauty of the boys here and find themselves ... wanting ... in those
>qualities that they believe we are praising.
>
>There is no denying that some boys are prettier than other boys ...
>again, depending on the eyes of the individual beholders. And yet,
>there is something undeniably beautiful about a boy -- that just
>doesn't have anything to do with physical appearance. I don't think
>that I'm alone in having this experience and knowledge.
>
>What I really think I want and need for any boys who stumble upon this
>place to know and understand is that they are beautiful even if they
>can't see it, even if they think the boys whose pictures we post here
>are "prettier" than they are. In my eyes, every boy is beautiful and
>dear and more precious than anything else in this entire little
>universe of ours.
>
>Idiots pay thousands of dollars to eat black, salty fish eggs with
>cream cheese and glorified toast while drinking fizzy grape juice that
>has basically gone bad. I swear I saw an ad for canned SOS at the rate
>of about $25 for 2 14oz cans -- SOS! [That's shit-on-a-shingle for
>those of you who are too young to know the reference and it refers to
>cream-chipped beef gravy served on toast; never mind the fact that I
>could make 10 times that much for that price and make it taste great
>as opposed to the way it tasted to the millions of armed forces
>personnel who have stomached it over the years -- read: we can make it
>cheap, so give it to the army!] And now you, too, can pay a fortune
>for it in a nostalgia catalogue! But I've never seen anything approach
>the worth of seeing a boy smile at you.
>
>Lets just never lose the spirit of understanding that no matter what a
>boy might look like -- he's still the most beautiful thing you're
>likely to see ... until you see the next one.
>
>-- foremerly 4s00th@hushmail.com
>
>Sorry my email is temporary down.
Dear Foursoothe,
Very simply ... and so very true ... that ancient and eternal Greek
adage:
"Beauty is but in the eye of the beholder."
Sincerely,
V
God Save the Queen.
God Bless the Prince of Wales.
God Preserve the Windsors.
Rule Britannia!
|
|
|