“The ball meanders in the air, a halfhearted ennui, the kind of existentialist hit that would keep Camus or Sartre in the money if they had played baseball … The ball is so bored, so tired of itself, it doesn’t even roll once it plops.” – Buzz Bissinger, in his new book, “Three Nights in August,” as noted in Salon.
FRUM AND DWORKIN: They agreed on one important thing: the need to roll back sexual freedom:
And in one respect at least, she shared a deep and true perception with the political and cultural right: She understood that the sexual revolution had inflicted serious harm on the interests of women and children – and (ultimately) of men as well. She understood that all-pervasive pornography was not a harmless amusement, but a powerful teaching device that changed the way men thought about women. She rejected the idea that sex was just another commodity to be exchanged in a marketplace, that strippers and prostitutes should be thought of as just another form of service worker: She recognized and dared to name the reality of brutality and exploitation where many liberals insisted on perceiving personal liberation.
And she shared with Frum a deep suspicion of people who believe they are free and act accordingly.
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