<story><title>Benjamin Franklin&apos;s 13 virtues</title><url>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#Thirteen_Virtues</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rodly</author><text>Only one I disagree with is #12, &quot;Chastity. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another&apos;s peace or reputation.&quot;, this is breaking his own moderation virtue and is heavily motivated by social pressures on sex.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>colmvp</author><text>Maybe he learned something after frequenting brothels (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/03/were_there_sex_shops_in_the_time_of_george_washington.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...&lt;/a&gt;) and siring an illegitimate son in his youth (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Franklin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Franklin&lt;/a&gt;).</text></comment>
<story><title>Benjamin Franklin&apos;s 13 virtues</title><url>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#Thirteen_Virtues</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rodly</author><text>Only one I disagree with is #12, &quot;Chastity. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another&apos;s peace or reputation.&quot;, this is breaking his own moderation virtue and is heavily motivated by social pressures on sex.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dkhenry</author><text>I don&apos;t think so. I think he is making a conscious decision to limit something in his life that is not necessary, and that he might find as a distraction. Sexuality for all its enjoyable qualities can be a distraction to the best of us, and there is nothing wrong with taking an attitude towards it that says I will limit something that is good and I enjoy for something I perceive to be better.</text></comment>