Heard about an internet dating service that promotes affairs. Their tagline says it all, "Life is short, have an affair". They allegedly have 20 million over subscribers to choose from to have a fling, discreet, safe, yadda yadda yadda...
Of course, people are up in arms on both sides of the fence for and against such a site's legitimisation. On the one hand, there is the argument that one should be left to do what one pleases as long as it does not hurt the other party. We should not criminalise affairs as Man, by Nature, are polygamous, and Nature encourages the selection of the best for continuity of species. Whether we like it or not, infidelity is going to happen, just as corruption and cheating. It is always better to do things in the open than doing it clandestinely. They often quote the therapeutic effects of affairs and spouse swapping to release sexual tensions and mismatch. On the other side of the fence, the naysayers argue that affairs are cheating, and people are bound to lie, be hurt, etcetera. And the question of religious sanctions and morals are also roped in. The non-believers would always question why religion is ever brought into the equation! The usual explanation is that something as uncertain and incomprehensible by feeble man as life and its dos and don'ts should not be questioned. They substantiate their support by quoting texts from holy scriptures of impending doom to our civilisation, and these were some of the symptoms. Man and woman's union has always been sacred and intriguing to Man from time immemorial that ceremonies, festivals, rituals, and public declarations have been emphasised. The forces of Nature and God have been invoked to bless this union.
So, how? Are sex and companionship so indispensable to human survival that affairs are mandatory in the continuity of species? Fellowship and comradeship do not always involve opposite genders always - I do not mean the physical nude tactile type! Are they just trying to sell their 'clever' business strategy to strengthen their (the webmasters) relationship with their bankers?
Of course, people are up in arms on both sides of the fence for and against such a site's legitimisation. On the one hand, there is the argument that one should be left to do what one pleases as long as it does not hurt the other party. We should not criminalise affairs as Man, by Nature, are polygamous, and Nature encourages the selection of the best for continuity of species. Whether we like it or not, infidelity is going to happen, just as corruption and cheating. It is always better to do things in the open than doing it clandestinely. They often quote the therapeutic effects of affairs and spouse swapping to release sexual tensions and mismatch. On the other side of the fence, the naysayers argue that affairs are cheating, and people are bound to lie, be hurt, etcetera. And the question of religious sanctions and morals are also roped in. The non-believers would always question why religion is ever brought into the equation! The usual explanation is that something as uncertain and incomprehensible by feeble man as life and its dos and don'ts should not be questioned. They substantiate their support by quoting texts from holy scriptures of impending doom to our civilisation, and these were some of the symptoms. Man and woman's union has always been sacred and intriguing to Man from time immemorial that ceremonies, festivals, rituals, and public declarations have been emphasised. The forces of Nature and God have been invoked to bless this union.
So, how? Are sex and companionship so indispensable to human survival that affairs are mandatory in the continuity of species? Fellowship and comradeship do not always involve opposite genders always - I do not mean the physical nude tactile type! Are they just trying to sell their 'clever' business strategy to strengthen their (the webmasters) relationship with their bankers?
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