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[LaurieAG]

It's interesting, in the social context, to see what the ancient Greeks thought of homosexuality and compare how far our society has moved since then. While women and 'rent boys' were excluded from participating in the democratic process (voting) Aristophanes reveals further details about the treatment of homosexuals in ancient Greek society in his play 'The Clouds'.

The key point in the play turns on the defeat of Right by Wrong using the argument that, as many of the ancient Greek elites were homosexual, then being raddish buggered after being caught committing adultery, wasn't really a punishment at all (in the topsy turvey world under the 'vortex' god and sophism).

Aristophanes failed to realise that, while a heterosexual might find it extremely unpleasent to be tied down and have the largest root vegetable in the larder involuntarily inserted into their rectum, a homosexual would probably feel the same way, especially if the insertion of the aforementioned large raddish was involuntary.

Aristophanes failed to get his point across because he didn't draw a distinction between the involuntary and the voluntary, between rape and consent.

And our own global politicians fail the very same test today, because the conquest, occupation and exploitation of other nations resources, have only been recognised in respect to the national interests of the occupiers and exploiters, and not with respect to the peoples whose countries and resources are being raped by the above.

At least, in hindsight, when the 'vortex' god and Wrong hold sway, society starts to fall apart very quickly.