lbo-talk-digest V1 #4706

[Rob Schaap]

>/ dave / wrote:
>
>> All our relations with others have their origin in
>> the onanistic impulse.
>
>I wish I still had a copy of "Beat Off" by The Queers.
> Great album, great cover.  Had to sell it for dope.

I'm a great fan of the Buzzcocks.  Orgasm addict was a ripper.  That said,
exactly which aspect of the onanistic impulse is is that spawns our
relational endeavours?

I ask because it occurs to me that we (as a culture) should be a little
careful in importing this 'Freudian' stuff into our time and place.  No
surprise to me that a 19th century boy-toff from Vienna might consider sex
as he does - do we, though?  Aren't our metaphors becoming mixed up with
our descriptions here?  Or am I in denial?

Cheers,
Rob.