{"id":2864,"date":"2007-03-21T18:28:59","date_gmt":"2007-03-21T18:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leithart.level2d.com\/?p=2864"},"modified":"2017-09-07T00:05:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T18:05:31","slug":"obscene-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/leithart\/2007\/03\/obscene-dancing\/","title":{"rendered":"Obscene dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\">\n<\/head><body><p><\/p><p> The London  <em> Times <\/em>  fulminates: \u201cIt is quite sufficient to cast one\u2019s eyes on the voluptuous intertwining of the limbs, and close compressure of the bodies, in this dance, to see that it is far indeed removed from the modest reserve which has hitherto been considered distinctive of English females.  So long as this obscene display was confined to prostitutes and adulteresses, we did not think it deserving of notice, but now that it is attempted to be forced on the respectable classes of society by the evil example of their superiors, we feel it a duty to warn every parent against exposing his daughter to so fatal a contagion.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> The date: July 16, 1816.  The dance is the waltz.   <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London Times fulminates: \u201cIt is quite sufficient to cast one\u2019s eyes on the voluptuous intertwining of the limbs, and close compressure of the bodies, in this dance, to see that it is far indeed removed from the modest reserve which has hitherto been considered distinctive of English females. 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