A Vision of a New Morality
A Vision of a New Morality
By Punkerslut
Dedicated to Skittles, and my short-lived affection with her...
If only she ran a little faster, she may have evaded the
police... Whatever sky she sleeps under tonight, I only hope
that she dreams of good memories...
When looking at society, and seeing the constant hypocrisies,
the inconsistencies, the lies, a person can be inclined only
towards two mindsets. They will go along with what they see,
they will believe what they are told, they will find it awkward
that anyone could challenge things the way they are. Or, they
will see the outrightly absurd nature of things, they will see
the lies, they will see the propaganda, they will see the
inconsistency, and they will refuse to believe it. They will cry
out for anything but this society -- they will seek out reason,
logic, truth. Anything that is well-reasoned will sooth their
heart, anything that is logically demonstrated will be at peace
with their mind. Their life will be transformed into a journey,
ceaselessly looking for the truth, wherever it is, whatever it
tells us, no matter what must be sacrificed to discover it. In
our society, we find that there are two people. Those who will
accept what they are told, will obey authority, will exist in
the way that television and radio has commanded them to exist.
And there are those who will condemn the way things are, will
resist authority, will point out all the inconsistencies and
lies given to us. In generations to come, they will be called
heroes. In our own time, they will be called instigators.
Historians will regard them as the cause to a change in society.
Rationalists will treat them as the finest examples of
intelligent people. But what is it that they can truly be
called? Searching through the expanse of human language, what
name can rightly apply to someone who uses their mind? A person
without shackles on their mind, without a blindfold on their
eyes, without bondage on their heart, without lies in their
mind... may be called a Freethinker.
The theory which may be questioned most by any Freethinker, is
the theory of the modern morality. By this, I mean the theory of
monogamy, that a person ought to only have one sexual partner at
one time. But this theory is more than just that. Not only is it
a one-sexual-partner ideal, but it covers other ideas. Those who
are promiscuous with their bodies are treated as heartless and
brutal. A modern moralist will paint a picture of a slut, and
every vice will be given to them. They will say that promiscuous
lovers are cruel, are merciless, are vicious, will do anything
to get sex, they have no values, they cannot understand love,
they are beyond the scope of sympathy... A modern moralist will
speak such great lies about the promiscuous lover. Yet, they are
wrong. I contend that there is no such thing as a human being
who is beyond the scope of sympathy, who cannot understand love.
Sympathy and love: these are but the most simple, most basic,
most true of all principles to any mammal. I have never known a
human being who didn't know the meaning behind tears; I never
knew a lover who didn't know the warm touch of affection; even
to those who have betrayed me or otherwise believe me to be a
vicious mongrel, I know that they too are capable of knowing the
truth of love. To say that a promiscuous lover breaks this very
basic, scientific rule -- the rule that states that all can know
love and sympathy -- is to debauch the face of truth.
The modern moralist will commit more crimes against truth. It is
believed that the person who is willing to be physical soonest
is of the lowest character, and it is believed that the person
holding out the longest is the greatest. A person willing to
give a kiss on the face to a person who has been disappointed by
life, a person willing to share intimacy and kindness through
the physical act of love, a person who knows that being a lover
means loving -- this person will be called a "slut" or a
"whore." But then, there is another type of person... There will
be a man or a woman, who will refuse to touch another from the
opposite sex, who will look the other way when someone is
attracted to them, who will resist any form of affection. This
person, who has been taught to be revolted at the thought of sex
or physical kindness, will be upheld as a saint, as a "true
person of goodness." These lies that we are told, they sicken
me. There was once a time when, with a lover, my fingers
caressed the smoothness of her palm, and she kissed my neck. A
philosopher who believes in the sanctity of monogamy will look
at this, and he will call her a tramp, a slut, a whore. But when
I was in the peace of those most cherished moments, I see her
angelic face, I feel her soft skin, and in my mind, every
trouble is a thousand miles away. For those few brief moments
with this lover (who I had known less than an hour), I
discovered peace and love. A person who believes in monogamy can
speak all they want, they can exhaust the human language as much
as they can. But what they say, will never take away the
sincerity my lover's affection, will never remove these memories
that I tend to revisit when I loss the peace I once had.
What arguments can I offer? What reasoning can I barter with?
When I feel the warmth of another's body close to mine, when I
know the tender caress on my face... what can I say to defend
this lifestyle? Call it "promiscuity" or "whoredom," call it
what you like. All the slanders and libels in the world will not
detract from the pleasure of it, will not destroy the intimacy
of it. When I am looking into the eyes of a lover, I will not be
thinking of what they say about me. They will condemn me to
hell, but I am deaf to their damnations. They will say I have no
virtue, but still, I cannot hear them. So long as my lover is
running her fingers through my hair, as my fingertips run down
her back, they can say all they want about me, because I am not
hearing it. I remember once, as a child, seeing a statue of a
man and a woman. The woman was laying back onto the chest of the
man, while their hands were met together. It was made by the
Etruscan culture. Looking at this statue then, I saw intimacy
and kindness. I saw "I feel I can tell you anything." I saw
"When I hear you breath, it makes me live." I saw the gentle
emotions of a lover not wishing to cause any distress... In this
small Etruscan statue, I found respect, kindness, and truth. It
was only several pounds of clay, but it may have contained the
secrets of the Universe.
If there is any argument that can be offered on behalf of Free
Love, or Polyamory, or whatever name one desires to give the
belief that we should not have one sexual partner -- if there is
any argument, it is the naturality of sex. Any person who
confesses they do not have lust is a liar. And any person who
wishes to convince others that their natural lust is immoral,
this person is a vagrant. When the passions that exist between
the sexes are natural, when they are a normal part of our minds,
when they the act of love is simply a bodily function, on what
grounds can it be condemned? By playing a sport, or by
conversating with a friend, or by putting your sincere thoughts
on to paper, a person is using the parts of their body. There is
nothing wrong with it. There is no crime in it. No one is hurt.
But, when a person all of a sudden decides to use their sexual
organs, to please their natural desires, to express affection,
to know the depths of intimacy, our moralists will call it a
crime! By using our body, as we please, for the ends that we
desire, and by hurting no one, they call this a crime! But the
search for our soul's content, the endless journey of
spirituality -- whether it manifests itself in the arms of your
lover, or in the books of the ancients -- it has always been
condemned by those who were too blind, too ignorant, too set in
their ways, to see more than five feet ahead of themselves. The
search to know what it means to feel gentle intimacy and
friendly kindness, when this search becomes sexual and a person
express their desires, the slanders I described above will be
put against them.
A man who loves sex will be called a pervert and a woman who
hates it will be called a prude. A woman who loves sex will be
called a slut and a man who hates it will be called a misguided
fool. We are told these lies, over and over, by a society too
foolish to think for itself. It has been said by every liberal
that freedom means, doing what you will, as long as you do not
infringe upon the rights of others. If this is true, if liberty
is not a guide but a path to happiness, then by what right can
we condemn those who wish to be free form sexual dogma? Why, in
fact, deny the natural instincts of one's own sexuality? When we
refuse what our heart seeks out, when we turn away from our
desires, when the aching to know the truth that is inside all of
us, when it is treated with an anesthetic -- at this point, our
soul begins to whither, and our spirit becomes something foreign
from when we were first born. If all men are born free, then it
is by rejecting our true selves that we become slaves to misery
and vice. I do not believe, however, that all men and women seek
out sex as the greatest good, nor do I believe they should. I
believe that a person should look into their hearts, and see for
themselves what they want. They should not be afraid of what
society calls them. They should not be afraid of how their
friends react. They should not be afraid of what may happen by
discovering their heart's desire. Upon discovering what sex
means to them -- whether it is a great means of pleasure,
whether it is the most perfect way of expressing one's
affections, whether it is a combination of these and other ideas
-- once a person discovers what sex means to them, they should
live a lifestyle accordingly.
Just take some hypothetical scenarios... If you were alone with
a friend whom you cared about deeply, and you knew there was an
attraction between you -- and you felt that sex was the greatest
way to express your soul -- then what would be so wrong about
making such a proposition? Feeling the gentle touch of a lover
over your body, there is little more that can be seen as perfect
security, as perfect tranquility. What then, would you have
gained from such an encounter? Memories that will serve you in
your darkest times, memories of kindness, peace, and intimiacy;
physical pleasure; and knowledge. What would be the benefits of
refusing such an encounter, when you know that you longed for it
in your heart? I can see little. Peace and truth are the
greatest ends of every humane person. There should never be a
reason for avoiding the path that leads to these humble desires.
I had once heard that a person was imprisoned by the government
for oral sex, what the law had regarded as a "Crime Against
Nature." I contend that the greatest crime against nature is
refusing what your heart tells you to do, allowing your soul to
grow bitter and disenchanted with life.
By this new morality, this idea that it is no crime to rub your
face in the neck of your love, to let your fingers speak for
your soul... By this new morality, I propose that there should
never again be a girl full of tears, because she is lonely but
feels sex is immoral. I propose that there should never again be
a man frustrated with sex, because his hormones are building up
but he feels sex is a crime. I propose that men and women
everywhere should throw off the chains of an antiquated
morality, of a slavery that kept their heart in bondage. There
should never again be a person who compromised the desires of
their heart with a vicious society, there should never again be
a person who is content with the daemons of loneliness, there
should never again be a person who knows the stinging pain of
being alone, there should never again be a person doomed to pain
-- never again should we allow these tears to amonut to nothing,
never again should we allow these cries to go unheard -- I
propose that every man and woman should not be afraid of sex,
that they ought to do as their heart tells them, as long as they
make no one suffer... I propose that our culture adheres closer
to the sentiments of kindness and charity, and closer to the
principles of truth and reason.
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