February 10, 2003 Wild, Throbbing, Hollywood-style Rambo-ism

In response to your article titled "Fight War, Not Wars! Fight War, Not Wars!" I want to know how long you want to keep your head burried in the sand. The terrorist groups are not separate groups of 30 or 40 guys making bombs in their basements. They are large organizations that are directly funded and supported with weapons of terror, technology, and training by governments such as Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Should we turn away while they continue to support those who wish to continue their reign of terror, killing innocent people at parties, work, or just waiting for a bus? Should we not take action to stop those like Sadaam Hussein whom, if left to their devices, would destroy the democratic way of life? If so, then G-d help us all. The U.N. would then be as useless as the League of Nations once was. BTW, I'm sure that if the Islamic fanatics take over the world, yours, and every other web site showing any sign of having an opinion will be shut down. Matthew from Brooklyn

Yo! Brooklyn! Considering the reasoning you display above, I could ask the same cranium-related question of you. If stopping terrorism is your primary goal-- and it appears that's the case-- I must ask whether waging war on Iraq is the best way to decrease terrorism? Most of the terrorists were from Saudi Arabia. None were from Iraq. Aside from Saddam's rewards for Palestinian suicide bombers there's no evidence that Iraq has any involvement in international terrorism. While your Hollywood-style Rambo-ism may play well in the West, it comes across as arrogant threats of cultural imperialism to many in the Middle East. Let's face it: killing people in the name of Democracy (or whatever reason Dubya's cooking up) isn't going to win a lot of converts. In fact, it will create a whole lot more animosity and give a greater number of desperate people a good reason to blow up something or someone American. Is the hide of a dictator half a world away worth the risk of starting a holy war? And where does the U.N. fit into all of this? Nowhere, if you're George W. He's already said he's prepared to wage unilateral warfare against Iraq. If that were the case it would be the United State that's castrating the U.N. Ken!

Ken, i have a problem. i'm a 26 year old male who has been in a few very long term relationships. i was introduced to a friend of a friend who i 'clicked' with immediately. this girl is everything i've ever wanted (and a bag of chips) in my past i've been known to be a bit of a womaniser and very flurtatious. this new girl i couldn't picture myself hurting her like that. she is the best thing that has ever happened to me. she is very devoted, and is looking for a long term/settling down type relationship. her and i have always been very frank with each other, and she has come from a couple long term but bad relationships. there is only one problem. she is 11 years younger than i am. although she is very mature for her age, and much more intelligent than most. the age gap is the only problem i can see. acutally, it's not a problem with us, but her parents, and my parents. both of them wouldn't like this relationship whatsoever. i don't want to lie to them, but i don't want to loose this very potentially satisfying relationship. help, please. destinyxi

Dear destinyxi, You had me until you mentioned that she's fucking fifteen years old! I don't care how mature she is or how good she is for you, you're both at very different parts of your lives and she'll change her mind a billion time between now and your age. Remember what that was like? Relationships were long term if they were, like, three months. Her world is very different from yours. Give her time to grow up and get out on her own before you purse anything. Then at least the parents have less say. Ken!

Dear Ken!, what does a pussy taste like please answer me now? the mighty pussy

Dear Mighty Pussy, You know what they say: "You are what you eat." I received this same question awhile back and I got such a positive response with the answer I can't help but use it again: "Take one part peach juice, mix it with stardust and dew collected on a cool spring morning. Add a pinch of desert heat and another of moist, rich earth. Stir until you swoon. Bury the mixture in a clay pot at the height of a full moon. Unearth exactly 28 days later. Dip your middle finger into the pot and savor. That is what pussy tastes like." Ken!

Hi Ken!, Love your work. Over the last 6 months I started a mild flirtation with an old friend, (we were never super-close friends before really) nothing serious just a few flirty e-mails and the thrilling brush of elbows and knees. Just before Christmas things got a lot hotter - we took a few illicit herbs and spices, had a night of voyerism at a local B & D club and after that exciting lot we went back to mine for a nice calming cup of cammomile tea. He proposed that we engage in a casual and easy fuck-buddy arrangement. He has been in 2 0r 3 long-term relationships for the last 12 years and wants a break from that scene, and I am pretty content with my lot in life and have no gaping need to be filled by having a relationship. (chronic intimacy fear??) Sex is the icing on cake and much more fun with someone else than with my vibrator. It went really well, and we have continued the arrangement beyond that night. As it turns out the sex is getting really hot and increasingly more intense, almost unbearably so. Its been good, he's a sweet guy. BUT (and there is a but) i have this feeling that our friendship is being negatively affected by the intensity of the sex. I feel vulnerable after all that physical closeness and push him away, and he is doing the same to me. Dont know why as there is nothing to win or lose. I would really prefer it if we became closer friends, easier with each other. Is this why conventional wisdom says its a bad idea to fuck your friends? It seemed like solid gold at the time. I guess I need to talk to him but I think we are both afraid...any advice, thoughts, similar experience would be appreciated fucking friendly

Dear Fucking Friendly, A solid gold idea at the time? After a night of drugs and kinky voyeurism, I'd think getting off by slamming my John Thomas in the refrigerator door is a solid gold idea! Yes, my love, this is why they say you shouldn't fuck your friends. But since this is going so well it would seem a shame to turn back now. All that rubbing up against each other isn't just generating heat and wild throbbing, it is stirring a deep sense of intimacy within you. That sort of hot, hot monkey love is a very intimate thing that reaches beyond the scope of friendship. That doesn't mean you two have to embark on some kind of formalized, committed relationship. It just means you two have a bond deeper than most friends. Sometimes it's best to let relationships develop on their own. This seems like one of those times. Best wishes to you, Ken!

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