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"

Mine

is

as

stupid

as

yours

–

but

I

don

’

t

let

it

rule

my

brain

.

I

can

at

least

see

the

beauty

of

Mike

’

s

attempt

to

devise

an

ideal

human

ethic

and

applaud

his

recognition

that

such

a

code

must

be

founded

on

ideal

sexual

behavior

,

even

though

it

calls

for

changes

in

sexual

mores

so

radical

as

to

frighten

most

people

–

including

you

.

For

that

I

admire

him

–

I

should

nominate

him

for

the

Philosophical

Society

.

Most

moral

philosophers

consciously

or

unconsciously

assume

the

essential

correctness

of

our

cultural

sexual

code

–

family

,

monogamy

,

continence

,

the

postulate

of

privacy

that

troubled

you

so

,

restriction

of

intercourse

to

the

marriage

bed

,

et

cetera

.

Having

stipulated

our

cultural

code

as

a

whole

,

they

fiddle

with

details

–

even

such

piffle

as

solemnly

discussing

whether

or

not

the

female

breast

is

an

‘

obscene

’

sight

!

But

mostly

they

debate

how

the

human

animal

can

be

induced

or

forced

to

obey

this

code

,

blandly

ignoring

the

high

probability

that

the

heartaches

and

tragedies

they

see

all

around

them

originate

in

the

code

itself

rather

than

failure

to

abide

by

the

code

.

"

Now

comes

the

Man

from

Mars

,

looks

at

this

sacrosanct

code

–

and

rejects

it

in

toto

.

I

do

not

grasp

exactly

what

Mike

’

s

sexual

code

is

,

but

it

is

clear

from

what

little

you

told

me

that

it

violates

the

laws

of

every

major

nation

on

Earth

and

would

outrage

‘

right

-

thinking

’

people

of

every

major

faith

–

and

most

agnostics

and

atheists

,

too

.

And

yet

this

poor

boy

-

"

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"

Jubal

,

I

repeat

–

he

’

s

not

a

boy

,

he

’

s

a

man

"

"

Is

he

a

‘

man

?

’

I

wonder

.

This

poor

ersatz

Martian

is

saying

,

by

your

own

report

,

that

sex

is

a

way

to

be

happy

together

.

I

go

along

with

Mike

this

far

:

sex

should

be

a

means

of

happiness

.

The

worst

thing

about

sex

is

that

we

use

it

to

hurt

each

other

.

It

ought

never

to

hurt

;

it

should

bring

happiness

,

or

,

at

the

very

least

,

pleasure

.

There

is

no

good

reason

why

it

should

ever

be

anything

less

.

"

The

code

says

,

‘

Thou

shalt

not

covet

thy

neighbor

’

s

wife

’

–

and

the

result

?

Reluctant

chastity

,

adultery

,

jealousy

,

bitter

family

fights

,

blows

and

sometimes

murder

,

broken

homes

and

twisted

children

?

and

furtive

,

dirty

little

passes

at

country

club

dances

and

the

like

,

degrading

to

both

man

and

woman

whether

consummated

or

not

,

Is

this

injunction

ever

obeyed

?

The

Commandment

not

to

‘

covet

’

I

mean

;

I

’

m

not

referring

to

any

physical

act

.

I

wonder

.

If

a

man

swore

to

me

on

a

stack

of

his

own

Bibles

that

he

had

refrained

from

coveting

another

man

’

s

wife

because

the

code

forbade

it

,

I

would

suspect

either

self

-

deception

or

subnormal

sexuality

.

Any

male

virile

enough

to

sire

a

child

is

almost

certainly

so

virile

that

he

has

coveted

many

,

many

women

–

whether

he

takes

action

in

the

matter

or

not

.

"

Now

comes

Mike

and

says

:

‘

There

’

s

no

need

for

you

to

covet

my

wife

?

love

her

!

There

’

s

no

limit

to

her

love

,

we

all

have

everything

to

gain

–

and

nothing

to

lose

but

fear

and

guilt

and

hatred

and

jealousy

.

’

The

proposition

is

so

naive

that

it

’

s

incredible

.

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So

far

as

I

recall

only

precivilization

Eskimos

were

ever

this

naive

–

and

they

were

so

remote

from

the

rest

of

us

that

they

almost

qualified

as

‘

Men

from

Mars

’

themselves

.

However

,

we

soon

gave

them

our

virtues

and

instead

of

happy

sharing

they

now

have

chastity

and

adultery

just

like

the

rest

of

us

–

those

who

survived

the

transition

.

I

wonder

if

they

gained

by

it

?

What

do

you

think

,

"

I

wouldn

’

t

care

to

be

an

Eskimo

.

thank

you

.

"

"

Neither

would

I

.

Spoiled

raw

fish

makes

me

bilious

.

"

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