Now, now, now, we are wandering into GD or Pit territory. Though Ryan’s visible discomfiture could be enjoyed by some purely from a political standpoint, it was a special treat for those of us who like to see ANYBODY (but ourselves) knocked off their high horse.
I believe I have mentioned how a few years ago my apolitical BIL got a cold call from the local Republican organization to see if he wanted to run for anything. They had been having a good run with guys named Ryan and as that is his last name… There haven’t been more calls since so many of the Illinois Ryans have been going down in flames lately.
That bus has left the station. Jeri Ryan, the object of every male Trek geek’s fantasy, is presently shacking up with Brannon Braga, a Trek writer/ producer. Mr. Braga, of course, is living the ultimate geek fantasy - getting paid to write Trek stories and sleeping with a hot Trek babe.
OK, how is a guy trying to force his wife into sex acts she doesn’t want a lovely vision? If a couple both consentually agrees for the wife to perform public sex acts, hey, fine, but this sounds awfully close to rape. Why would I get excited at the notion of a woman being raped?
Um. Because nowhere close to being a rape? He asked her, she said no, he complained a bit and they left. He didn’t beat her. He didn’t tie her down. He didn’t grab her head and try to shove her there.
OK, Jeri Ryan having consentual sex in public is fine. I have no problem there. And her husband asking her is also OK: She turned him down, but he didn’t know she would. That’s why he asked. But the situation here is that he asked her repeatedly, and took her to such clubs many times, apparently without her knowledge that that’s where they were going. In fact, he bugged her so much about it that she divorced him. Obviously, she thought he was going way over the line. She really didn’t want him pushing her on this. And that’s what it comes down to: He was going further than she wanted. No, it’s not actually rape. It’s not nearly that bad. But it’s still a far cry from “lovely”.
Yes, Chronos, you found me out. There is nothing I like better than to see women forced into sexual bondage. :rolleyes: The thought of Jeri Ryan having sex in public can only turn me on if it is against her will. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: I could go on but this would turn into a Pit thread. Suffice it to say that the lovely image in my head was of her agreeing enthusiastically to what her husband suggested. And I will admit to a certain pleasure watching Ryan’s election chances droop like his erection when Jeri started crying. I wish I could find the exact quote but it was something like, “Your tears aren’t helping the mood, honey.”
It’s almost a shame … I was looking forward to Barack Obama cleaning Ryan’s clock in a fair fight this November; now Ryan is going to be hobbling into the ring with his trunks around his ankles, so to speak.
Ryan got Seven of Nine to marry him? Hell, he’s got my vote. Even if they did get divorced.
By the way, maybe Jeri could whisper into Braga’s ear at night: “No more time travel, no more time travel, no more time travel, no more time travel,” and “Hoshi, Hoshi, Hoshi.”
