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Website Transvestism: An Epiphany
Arnold Layne Arnold Layne had a strange hobby Collecting clothes Moonshine washing line They suit him fine On the wall hung a tall mirror Distorted view, see through baby blue He dug it Oh, Arnold Layne It's not the same, takes two to know Two to know, two to know Why can't you see? Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne Now he's caught - a nasty sort of person. They gave him time Doors bang - chain gang - he hates it Oh, Arnold Layne It's not the same, takes two to know Two to know, two to know Why can't you see? Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne Don't do it again. Discrete and innocent by today's standards, in this 1967 Pink Floyd song Syd Barrett wrote about a transvestite named Arnold Layne. Yes, even in London's Swinging Sixties, I suppose transvestism was considered as Syd describes, "a strange hobby." Now, we hardly bat an eyelash at it. I came to a sudden realization this afternoon. It's all about Sex, or in this case, auto-erotic pleasure. That's ALL it is. It has nothing to do with impersonating someone else's identity, or wanting glory or recognition the easy way, or swiping someone else's words because you're too feeble to write your own, or just being a little annoying shit for the sake of it. It's Website Transvestism. Just as your run-of-the-mill transvestite gets stimulated by wearing sexy women's clothes, the Website Transvestite literally gets aroused by "getting dressed up in" other women's writing, graphics, and various elements that make up a web site. Just as Arnold Layne got off on stealing see through baby blue panties off a clothesline, The Website Transvestite gets off on stealing text off of women's blogs, graphics off of female web designer's pages, and slipping them on his own site. He's not getting off on the women themselves, he's not getting off on their writing or their pictures. He's getting off by putting it on *his* site. Graphics are his panties. Words are his bras. Why can't you see? It's all about sex. And that's it. And there's nothing more to it. Simple little men are so easy to figure out.
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The Website Transvestite...this is it...yes this very good insight Ann. It's not about you - it's all about him. At least you can take some comfort in the idea that it's highly unlikely that this man/boy will ever be a stalker killer type, becasue it's dressing up instead of posession.
Posted by Stan @ 12:14:2005:05:29 PM CST
By Ann @ 04:23 PM CST:12:14:05 ..::Link::..
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