On my personalized Google homepage I have a box that shows me the "Love Quote of the Day." It's nice; I like it. Though it's not really daily. There's a new quote every time I refresh the page. But that's not my point. As I was scrolling down my Google homepage a few minutes ago, I looked at the "Love Quote of the Day" and saw that it said "Omnia vincit Amor; et nos cedamus Amori." Having no idea what it meant, I turned to my friend, Google, and pasted the phrase into the search box. Expecting to find translations of it, which I did, I was very surprised by the first hit. It was Sex-Lexis.com by Farlex, "The Dictionary of Sexual Terms."
Obviously, my first thought was, "What the heck?" Then I thought, "How, and why, is this the first hit that comes up on a romantic phrase?" Has society really come to this? Have we really become so low that the first hit for such a lovely, romantic phrase brings up a sextionary as the first link? Are we, as a society, really that focused on sex?
As I ponder this, I begin to think of commericials, ads, TV, and movies. Sex is everywhere. Everywhere. There is no escaping it. You turn a corner, there's sex. You watch TV, there's sex. You look at another pedestrian, and there's sex. So, is it really any surprise that the first hit is the sextionary? When thought about, no, there really is no surprise in it. At first glance though, yes. I don't really want to think that we are a society so seeped in sex that this happens. However, we apparently are.
(For those who are wondering, the phrase "Omnia vincit Amor; et nos cedamus Amori" means "Love conquers all; let us, too, surrender to love.")
1 comment:
Aww, that is a very sweet quote. And "sextionary"! LOL! But I think you're right. And as a society, we certainly walk a fine line between healthy and over-exposed. It's hard to limit our exposure to sexuality--and that of our children--and it's difficult to know what the limits should be. I like your love quotes, though. :)
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