Comments on: DEBATE AT LOLITA BAR: “Is It More Painful to Get Dumped or to Do the Dumping?” http://toddseavey.com/2007/06/05/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-it-more-painful-to-get-dumped-or-to-do-the-dumping/ Conservatism for punks. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:37:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Lefty http://toddseavey.com/2007/06/05/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-it-more-painful-to-get-dumped-or-to-do-the-dumping/#comment-751 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:41:38 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/06/05/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-it-more-painful-to-get-dumped-or-to-do-the-dumping/#comment-751 I think you should include Gloria Jones' original 1964 soul version of Tainted Love in your analysis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U (This is a weird homemade video version, but the audio is spot on.) I expect this to be the first of many, many posts I'll be making on toddseavey.com. I think you should include Gloria Jones’ original 1964 soul version of Tainted Love in your analysis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U

(This is a weird homemade video version, but the audio is spot on.)

I expect this to be the first of many, many posts I’ll be making on toddseavey.com.

]]> by: toddseavey http://toddseavey.com/2007/06/05/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-it-more-painful-to-get-dumped-or-to-do-the-dumping/#comment-715 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:57:26 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/06/05/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-it-more-painful-to-get-dumped-or-to-do-the-dumping/#comment-715 Just in case that was unclear -- yes, Jen argues it's worse to get dumped and Katherine argues it's worse to do the dumping, even though it's the likable protagonist of her novel (somewhat like her, though it's fiction) who got dumped by the fiance. But you see, Katherine can do that because she has _empathy_ (and the protagonist does dump people at other points in the novel, I should say). Anyone who feels this still leaves us needing someone at the debate who is more of an expert on _doing_ the dumping is encouraged to dump someone during the Q&A period. Just in case that was unclear — yes, Jen argues it’s worse to get dumped and Katherine argues it’s worse to do the dumping, even though it’s the likable protagonist of her novel (somewhat like her, though it’s fiction) who got dumped by the fiance. But you see, Katherine can do that because she has _empathy_ (and the protagonist does dump people at other points in the novel, I should say). Anyone who feels this still leaves us needing someone at the debate who is more of an expert on _doing_ the dumping is encouraged to dump someone during the Q&A period.

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