Response to Eloheem Masturbation 2 Post

I couldnt agree more with you there DJ, where exactly do these people get their information from. To collect this would mean to ask people in the public and hope for truthful answers (im assuming). Which if we are going to think critically of these figures sounds very unreliable to me. Im certain there are a large amount of people who dont conform to the statements they have made, however one musn't forget that to make a large statement that is shocking to the reader.. gets you readers! So im sure based on the odd general knowledge and educated guess they have compiled this to make us men and those ever dissaproving ladies read about our sexual habits!

Yet AGAIN these statements point towards MALES, theres no female equivalent, it is interesting how society views this habit.

See www.eloheem.blogspot.com

Sexuality. Homo...Hetro...Metro...Bi.. Who knows

Something that tickled me is how perceptions of homosexuality have changed over time. You may or may not know but i found out when i was studying Psychology A-level that no longer than 25 years ago Homosexuality was in the DSM-IV. This is the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. A therapists bible if i may say so, it actually pointed out how to help someone and diagnose them if they were 'suffering' with homosexuality.

Amazing really, weve come a long way..... Queer eye for the straight guy, Pineapple studios, 4 Poofs and a Piano, Graham Norton.... The list goes on and im pretty certain that none of them are mentally ill (i retract that statement with regards to Graham Norton).

See the wikipedia article on the DSM IV and its controversies HERE

and see HERE for the article on Gender Identity Disorder (being gay effectively) and how that was considered 'wrong' back then.

Performance Enhancing... Supplements.. Whats the Difference?

In all honesty if an athelete is not allowed to take performance enhancing drugs, then why are they allowed to take supplements? And why are their performances allowed to be enhanced by other means (such as scientifically?)

Well one Doctor (Timothy Noakes) argues that performance enhancing drugs has a much greater affect than any kind of equipment, supplement or science.
"[W]hen used by fully trained, elite athletes, [performance-enhancing] drugs can improve performance to a much greater extent than any combination of the most intensive, sophisticated, and costly nonpharmaceutical interventions known to modern sports science."

However Greg Skidmore and Kenan Malik makes points that ring true with me, for example Skidmore uses the example of Tiger Woods (everyones favourite golfer at the moment) who has LASIK laser eye surgery making his eyes see 5 feet further than the average human eye.. surely now that is performance enhancing is it not? And Malik usesone example of the England Rugby team, he says that we used body-hugging shirts in the 2003 world cup (which we did), consequently making it harder to hold on and tackle our players... again what makes this 'not' perfomance enhancing and how is that allowed?


In my Opinion we should have a 'special' Perfomance Enhanced Olympics.. that would make for incredible watching if you ask me.

So in all honesty are these atheletes actually 'Being Bad'? :)

For the link on the ethical argument of the Performance enhancing drug click HERE.

Also Click HERE for a video on Dwain Chambers talking about using perfomance enhancing drugs.

Response to Rick Sahota 'spanking the monkey blog'

You honesty is something not a lot of people would feel brave enough to admit. I admire that as often we are more similar than others would think of feel to admit. Its interesting that you relate peoples stress levels to their sexual activity. I believe people do feel a certain degree of tension if they cannot practise some kind of sexual relief. Chemically the release of endorphins (during orgasm and exciting activity) is what makes peopel feel relaxed afterwards as it 'takes it out of them'. So i will risk infering that you may have some people who are not sexually active but release endorphins in other ways maybe by playing constant sports or being in a band that gigs a lot?

7 up, made you UP

Having done some research after studying the lecture slides.

I came across something quite interesting about 7up and the name behind it. It was originally called ''Bib-label lithiated lemon-lime soda''. It contained Lithium Citrate, this actually raises ones mood, in turn creating the name 7-Up (as it literally gives you an up).

You may or may not know that Coke had its Cocaine in the early days, and 7-Up had its mild anti-depressant which of course its quite a lot less dangerous than cocaine. It is strange how these days everything has to be natural yet back then (this drink was released around the Great Depression quite the timing eh?) nothing was better than something to get you 'up' (and thats in the mood sense guys..).

See the link that informed me about all the 7 UP'ing HERE

The Marijuana Debate

Not so long ago in the past professor David Nutt was sacked for claiming that the government was distorting information, he claimed from a scientific point of view that it has been proven that marijuana poses no long term health or social issues.

“I think we have to accept young people like to experiment, and what we should be doing is to protect them from harm at this stage of their lives... We therefore have to provide more accurate and credible information. We have to tell them the truth, so that they use us as their preferred source of information. If you think that scaring kids will stop them using, you’re probably wrong.” (Prof. Nutt)

We have long been told throughout history that Marijuana is a bad substance, however when you are actually talking about drugs dont forget Alcohol. People so often turn a blind eye to what suits them, and i dont know if you have noticed the new alcohol campaign that talks about long term damage (in posters around Wolves)... But lets be honest that is basically saying that Alcohol (everyones favourite drug) is actually WORSE than cannabis. How is it that a man making a perfectly reasonable judgement can be fired from his position?

Free and Open democratic society? I think not.

For the Goverment Regulations on a Classes A, B and C drugs click HERE
For the sky news article click HERE

A.S.B.O

An Anti Social Behaviour Order can be given for almost any reason under the sun. They have been around for so long and really pose no threat to anyone. Its almost impossible to police anti-social behaviour without infringing on normal freedom or everday behaviour.

For Example (and this is just one of many), a woman in Wearside was given an ASBO for making too much noise during sex... (incredible). But unfortunately the asbo prevented her from making any loud noise at all, so that means she could so easily breach her terms at a concert.. or a party... (anyways.. she did break the ASBO 5 times with co-partner in crime 'steve')

I feel a man called Paul Cavadino (who is the head of NACRO effectively an ASBO charity) makes a good point about ASBOs claiming they are mostly handed to youths of 10-17, leading to these youths labelling themselves as criminals by being youthful. However i do disagree in the way that this behaviour was bad long before ASBOs, and it seems just to be the unfortunate 'British' way of life growing up.

For the article on the Noise-making machine click HERE
and for the article on the statistics on ASBOs from the House of Commons Click HERE (i suggest you read the case studies, some are hilarious)