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...single one of their fans, Weiland's bubble-grunge outfit Stone Temple Pilots went on to fill the blustery-rock void. STP sold millions of albums on the strengths of such artistic master-pieces as "Creep" and "Trippin' on a Hole In a Paper Heart," with self-confessed "fashion whore" Weiland squarely at the helm. Sure, they were hooky, but compared to Pearl Jam, STP exuded about as much genuine angst as Gavin Rossdale...
...whatever the reason and despite the fact that it may not be universal across both space and time, the Whore Principle does seem to be well adhered to in presidential politics today. The question is whether or not this principle is also applicable to other current political arenas, and by extension, to other aspects of life...
...accept--at least for the young, inexperienced and idealistic--and one that she therefore spends less time developing. The real crux of Steinem's argument and the only persuasive aspect of it is simply an echo of the message of Jack Stanton: you've got to be a whore in order to change the world...
...even Gloria Steinem is a proponent of the Whore Principle, then is it something I and other young people should accept? The answer to that one still has to be, no. It's pragmatic, it's effective and it may damn well be true, but it's an insidious principle to believe in because it is capable of justifying just about anything in the name of social change...
...Lincoln was a whore before he was president, then maybe the real lesson is that it's better to stay out politics--at least as long as fellatio presides in the Oval Office...