PhilGoetz comments on Is masochism necessary?

PhilGoetz 11 Apr 2009 2:45 UTC
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So, sexual perversion isn’t ordinary or acceptable?

No, by definition. I’m speaking descriptively, not normatively.
- Nick_Tarleton 11 Apr 2009 2:47 UTC
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  “Acceptable” has strong normative connotations; “accepted” is unambiguously descriptive.
  - PhilGoetz 11 Apr 2009 3:01 UTC
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    Good point.