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My score on both the warm-up and the difficult quiz:
"You successfully identified 11 out of 14 items. You may be trusted with my dog." Quiz
Here is the full article in which I found the quiz. And the beginning:
BLUE VIBRATIONS - Neva Chonin, SF Chronicla, August 8, 2004
The electoral division between blue and red states isn't just a matter of Democrat (blue) versus Republican (red). It's a cultural divide so vast it seems these two Americas occupy different planets. It's like this: blue states are from Venus; red states are from Mars. In a blue town like San Francisco, for instance, sex toys are as acceptable as Hallmark valentines. In the red town of Huntsville, Ala., they're the equivalent of libidinal crack. At least they are to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which recently upheld a 1998 law banning the sale of sex toys in Alabama. The court invoked everything from incest to assisted suicide in explaining its 2-1 decision to outlaw over-the-counter items "that can be sexually stimulating."
Let's hope the court never discovers ribbed condoms. Alabama state Rep. John Rogers (he of the blue party) had a point when he told the press, "In reality, a showerhead could be used as a sex toy. It's a useless law. It makes us look like a bunch of yokels."
Interestingly, the ruling doesn't ban Alabamans from buying sex toys in other states and bringing them home, and those who require sexual devices "for medical or psychological reasons" can still legally purchase them in-state. Condoms and virility drugs are also permitted. In sum: Viagra, good; battery- operated banana, bad.
The court acknowledged the ... hmmm ... peculiarity of its ruling by reassuring the people of Alabama that, should they "decide that a prohibition on sex toys is misguided, or ineffective, or just plain silly, they can repeaThe court acknowledged the ... hmmm ... peculiarity of its ruling by reassuring the people of Alabama that, should they "decide that a l the law and be finished with the matter."
That might not happen soon, if the people of Alabama agree with state Rep. Mark Gaines (red party), who applauded the court's decision to stall "the unfettered loosening of moral values. ... People think whatever feels good for the individual is good. Well, I don't believe that's true."
Alabama does not stand alone. Georgia, Mississippi, Indiana, Texas, Louisiana and Virginia also outlaw the sale of sex toys. I smell trouble ahead. When sex toys are criminalized, only criminals will have sex toys -- and who wants to live in a nation overrun with millions of feel-good hoodlums? They'll have to pry my pulsing showerhead from my cold, dead hands before I'll go along with that.
While the people of Alabama turn frigid as dry ice, the rest of us are free to bathe in enlightenment. Well, not entirely free. Target is now selling those red kabbalah wrist strings worn by Madonna and Britney Spears for a mere $25.99. Described in the online catalog as "a centuries-old spiritual tool," the string purports to protect wearers against the evil eye and "deflect the negative energy brought forth by unfriendly and envious stares, unkind glances and looks of ill will." What's more, each string bracelet has made a pilgrimage to the ancient tomb of Rachel the Matriarch in Israel to be "imbued with the essence of protection." I've always loved the idea of touristing in others' belief systems. I'm also weary of envious stares. This makes a $25.99 piece of protective red yarn tempting -- like a guardian angel-bodyguard with built-in ego boost and bonus fashion cachet. Unfortunately, the item is already out of stock. I blame the blue states.
"You successfully identified 11 out of 14 items. You may be trusted with my dog." Quiz
Here is the full article in which I found the quiz. And the beginning:
BLUE VIBRATIONS - Neva Chonin, SF Chronicla, August 8, 2004
The electoral division between blue and red states isn't just a matter of Democrat (blue) versus Republican (red). It's a cultural divide so vast it seems these two Americas occupy different planets. It's like this: blue states are from Venus; red states are from Mars. In a blue town like San Francisco, for instance, sex toys are as acceptable as Hallmark valentines. In the red town of Huntsville, Ala., they're the equivalent of libidinal crack. At least they are to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which recently upheld a 1998 law banning the sale of sex toys in Alabama. The court invoked everything from incest to assisted suicide in explaining its 2-1 decision to outlaw over-the-counter items "that can be sexually stimulating."
Let's hope the court never discovers ribbed condoms. Alabama state Rep. John Rogers (he of the blue party) had a point when he told the press, "In reality, a showerhead could be used as a sex toy. It's a useless law. It makes us look like a bunch of yokels."
Interestingly, the ruling doesn't ban Alabamans from buying sex toys in other states and bringing them home, and those who require sexual devices "for medical or psychological reasons" can still legally purchase them in-state. Condoms and virility drugs are also permitted. In sum: Viagra, good; battery- operated banana, bad.
The court acknowledged the ... hmmm ... peculiarity of its ruling by reassuring the people of Alabama that, should they "decide that a prohibition on sex toys is misguided, or ineffective, or just plain silly, they can repeaThe court acknowledged the ... hmmm ... peculiarity of its ruling by reassuring the people of Alabama that, should they "decide that a l the law and be finished with the matter."
That might not happen soon, if the people of Alabama agree with state Rep. Mark Gaines (red party), who applauded the court's decision to stall "the unfettered loosening of moral values. ... People think whatever feels good for the individual is good. Well, I don't believe that's true."
Alabama does not stand alone. Georgia, Mississippi, Indiana, Texas, Louisiana and Virginia also outlaw the sale of sex toys. I smell trouble ahead. When sex toys are criminalized, only criminals will have sex toys -- and who wants to live in a nation overrun with millions of feel-good hoodlums? They'll have to pry my pulsing showerhead from my cold, dead hands before I'll go along with that.
While the people of Alabama turn frigid as dry ice, the rest of us are free to bathe in enlightenment. Well, not entirely free. Target is now selling those red kabbalah wrist strings worn by Madonna and Britney Spears for a mere $25.99. Described in the online catalog as "a centuries-old spiritual tool," the string purports to protect wearers against the evil eye and "deflect the negative energy brought forth by unfriendly and envious stares, unkind glances and looks of ill will." What's more, each string bracelet has made a pilgrimage to the ancient tomb of Rachel the Matriarch in Israel to be "imbued with the essence of protection." I've always loved the idea of touristing in others' belief systems. I'm also weary of envious stares. This makes a $25.99 piece of protective red yarn tempting -- like a guardian angel-bodyguard with built-in ego boost and bonus fashion cachet. Unfortunately, the item is already out of stock. I blame the blue states.
