   Sentence Interpretation
  i'm reading Issac Asimov's "The Gods Themselves" am I interpreting the sentence "What kind of lunarite will you make if your bring your Earth puritanism here? you know that prudery is only the other side of prurience. the words are even on the same page of the dictionary"Am i correct in thinking this is say that it means. you won't make a good lunarite if you hold on to your strict earth values. being sexually ashamed is a sign there is sexually devient with you.and on that note, how can you be vituperitivly certin?[Edited by - Cibressus on December 13, 2005 12:06:37 PM]
  I'm not sure either.  Here's my guess though.Emphasizing sex on the moon will put emphasis on sex, regardless of the message.   ;  I interpret it as follows: "lol Victorians".   ;  "What kind of lunarite will you make if your bring your Earth puritanism here?"Here, our view of sex is less neurotic."you know that prudery is only the other side of prurience."A fear of lust is as maladjusted as an excess of lust."The words are even on the same page of the dictionary"Look I made a funny.;Quote:Original post by Cibressusi'm reading Issac Asimov's "The Gods Themselves" am I interpreting the sentence "What kind of lunarite will you make if your bring your Earth puritanism here? you know that prudery is only the other side of prurience. the words are even on the same page of the dictionary"1.) Lunarites are less puritanical than Earthlings.2.) You won't mesh well with lunarite society if you hold to traditional Earth values.3.) Being a prude and being prurient are opposites that are two halves of a whole (like yin and yang), not polar extremes. You can't have one without the other.Quote:and on that note, how can you be vituperitivly certin?Like this: -- "Of course I'm sure, you idiotic cretin!"-- "Now is not the time to be blubbering and second-guessing ourselves, you lily-livered scalawag! I'm quite certain this is the way home."-- "What?! Socialism is definitely a great idea, you plutocratic capitalist swine!"   