Haha, this is pretty funny...
Deep inside Rob Ford
Shawn Syms / Xtra / Thursday, February 14, 2008
IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES. If Rob Ford broadened his sexual horizons would his ideology follow? (John Webster)
Maybe Toronto City Councillor Rob Ford just needs to take it up the butt. And I'd love to be the one to give it to him.
Introduction to the sublime, transformative pleasures of receptive anal intercourse might be just the thing to allow Ford to "open up" and move beyond the miserly ideology of fear and insularity that's characterized his tenure since first rising to power in Etobicoke in 2000.
Even before his public shout fest from the stands at a Maple Leafs game last year — a drunken rant about "commies" and inappropriate overdisclosure about a sister's alleged drug-addicted past — Ford's modus operandi has seemed an orgy of willful ignorance and xenophobic distrust.
I've admired the rugged looks, masculine demeanour and hefty linebacker build of the burly pol — and noted high-school football coach — for some time. His actions on city council are another story.
Most recently Ford expressed outrage that Toronto's city council agreed to send gay councillor Kyle Rae to an AIDS conference in Mexico City this summer, claiming it's a waste of taxpayers' dollars.
Ford has previously complained about a meagre city grant to Ontario's Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line, a peer counselling line for queer youth, pointing out that the very notion of a trans person boggles his mind. He also tried to revisit a $100,000 grant to Toronto's Pride week, an annual economic boon to the city.
On the eve of Toronto hosting the International AIDS Conference in August 2006 he advocated slashing city funding for HIV-prevention programs. According to Ford AIDS is easily preventable — all you have to do is not be gay and not use intravenous drugs.
Ironically enough butt sex might be just the spiritual and emotional awakening the misguided politician needs. Ford's personal brand of rightwing politics — from the ethnic slurs against another councillor in 2002 and the recommendation in 2003 that Toronto be declared a "refugee-free zone" to ongoing antagonism toward the homeless — are firmly rooted in zealous self-interest and fear of difference and of the unknown. But he might be able to turn a new corner — if he would just bend over.
Exploring anal intimacy could finally allow the man a new openness to others who are different from himself — and in a sense that is tangible instead of just metaphorical. Allowing someone else to pleasure themselves inside you involves a spirited abandonment of personal interest — it's about giving, instead of always taking away. Maybe if he didn't have such a tight ass, the noted penny pincher might not be such a tightwad.
Successfully taking it in the rear is the ultimate lesson in vulnerability and trust — two qualities that could go a long way toward improving Ford's attitude toward the diverse and complex world around him.
Learning to experience and embrace deeply internal pleasures would be the perfect antidote to the rage and confusion of Ford's loudly externalized outbursts. It's a healthier outlet for all that pent-up aggression and a primer in empathy. Through spreading his cheeks, Ford might finally spread his wings as a human being — and experience compassion for others.
Some might consider teaching Ford how to be a back-door man a dirty job but somebody's got to do it. And I'm happy to volunteer — both for my own personal interest and for the broader public good.
Deflowering husky-sized guys is actually a personal specialty of mine. I know how to put their minds — and butts — at ease. I think I'm the kind of man Ford could relate to — I'm around the same age, and we've both got the same over-the-hill, ex-jock look going on. And, while my endowment has certainly received compliments, I'm no pornstar — so nobody's going to get hurt.
Admittedly intimacy with another man might be a bit too advanced for Ford, an avowed heterosexual. But there's still hope. Ford's wife could certainly do the deed herself. By now we've all likely heard about the increasingly popular phenomenon of "pegging" — women harnessing the power of strap-ons to penetrate their men folk. After all there's nothing intrinsically gay about taking it up the butt.
Many men experience a sense of dirtiness and shame about their assholes. Some of us even experience that same uneasy, awkward guilt about being an asshole. After his boozy tirade from the stands of the Air Canada Centre, Ford admitted that his behaviour stemmed from "personal problems." Indeed.
It's time for some emotional honesty, Rob. You've admitted there's a problem. Now change can only "come from within." Let me help you get started.