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Was it here or somewhere else that I read the article about the core group of "disciples" that follow the creators from cuddle session to cuddle session? The whole thing just reeks of LGAT hypersexuality. To say "cultures all of the world have extreme ways of breaking down the ego and they have not only strengthened the person but strengthened the society" sounds very much like the kind of defense someone could posit when discussing any cult.
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if you looked into the folkways of any culture on Earth you will find losing identity as a central human experience. you will a lot more freaky business than Cuddle Party on this planet of ours. try ritualistic scarification ceremonies, group sex, Appalachian snakebiting cults, those crazy Japanese phallus festivals. shocking I know.
If you consider falling off the top of a three story building you can look at situations of falling from greater heights like from the Eiffel Tower, a mountain cliff, an airplane, etc. None of those situations recommend falling off a three story building.
do these situations entail the kind of risks you say they do, though? no, I mean, cultures all of the world have extreme ways of breaking down the ego and they have not only strengthened the person but strengthened the society.
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sure they entail risks, which makes them worth doing. not that I think that a couple of hours of cuddling entails that much risk. (though, again, I've not done it...)
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The view that the destruction of people's ego and individuality is good clarifies the principal for the defense of events like Cuddle Parties.
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The plain answer to the proposition that violating people's individuality strengthens them is "Bullshit!" It is detrimental.
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Risk does not create value. It is the quality of the endeavor, irregardless of risk from which value is drawn.
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Acid Reindeer
yes it does. cults often employ an element of truth to suck you in. so you use logic and evidence to evaluate both your hopes and, as on this thread, your fears. seeing a lot of irrational fear on this thread.
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The view that the destruction of people's ego and individuality is good clarifies the principal for the defense of events like Cuddle Parties.
destroy? awful big word for an event that last two or three hours.
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see I try not to generalize like that. I take what information I have and if I have enough, make a decision. haven't enough information and I (try not to) pretend that I know.
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The plain answer to the proposition that violating people's individuality strengthens them is "Bullshit!" It is detrimental.
"violate" implies lack of consent. Cuddle Party specifices that if you do not want anyone to not touch you that you do not get touched and you certainly don't have to touch anyone if you don't want.
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Risk does not create value. It is the quality of the endeavor, irregardless of risk from which value is drawn.
yes, and neither risk does not preclude value. not that I would consider... and I expect you all to disagree withme... that going to these events consitutes much of a risk.