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441. Luvus chattelia: This is the love of a possession, or more appropriately of possessing. It is an emotion attached to an object simply because it is owned and like Luvus sexus, makes no distinction between animate and inanimate, though a case may be made for defining Luvus chattelia as referring only to animate subjects and Luvus objecta as referring specifically to inanimate objects, as in ‘I love my house,’ or ‘I love my car’ as opposed to ‘I love my dog,’ or ‘I love my wife.’

442. Luvus dominatus: Sometimes confused with Luvus chattelia and frequently accompanied by it, Luvus dominatus is the type of love that describes a ruler’s relationship to the subject Where Luvus chattelia is objective, Luvus dominatus is subjective. Both of these two are straight-line loves that describe a superior’s relationship to an inferior. ‘The King loves his country.’

443. Luvus seductia: The conquest. Contrary to common opinion, coitus is not normally the ultimate goal of Luvus seductia. Coitus happens merely as a means of keeping score. What counts in the seduction, or the conquest, is winning. Fair object of heart’s desire is overcome, submits to the conqueror. Like a good sting operation, the good seduction leaves its object at least satisfied with if not proud of its part and ending state. The subjects ending state may be described as Luvus worshipa. Many other types of love may be defined before we can hope to have a complete taxonomy.

444. Eintein’s theory of relativity (242, 285) implies a state within the universe or a point in complete stasis. At that point or in that state, a meter is a meter and time is constant. When placed in motion (when velocity is introduced) the measuring stick shortens and is less than a meter. The clock slows and time is dilated.

445. The earth, traveling at 30 kilometers per second is already in an insignificant time dilation of .99999995, Approximately 3.145 seconds per year.

446. If one travels away from the earth and back at the same speed as the earth, time remains relatively real. The same amount of time will be created by the earth’s velocity as by the traveler’s velocity.

447. If one traveled from the nearest star (approximately 4.5 light years) to the earth at the same speed as the earth, it would take several thousand years to make the journey. But the same time frame would have passed for both traveler and earth.

448. Proposition: As the traveler from this star increases velocity, it is not time for the traveler that slows down, but rather time on the earth that speeds up. So the traveler is stalemated. It will take that traveler just as long to reach the earth as the earth time that passes.

449. The Lorenz Transformation would indicate that traveling from that star at 90% of the speed of light would take the traveler five years but on earth, 21 years and ten months would have passed. Conversely, if the traveler reached earth in five years of earth time, the traveler would have been in transit only one year and two months, negating the speed traveled. The paradox of the timeframes would result in both the traveler and earth having the same amount of time pass.

450. This is completely consistent with the Einstein theory and with the constancy of the speed of light in a vacuum. In fact, it is this that would indicate that instead of light going faster or slower when you approach its source at an increasing velocity, it changes color.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The editor wishes to return to the taxonomy of love, which was at least partially understandable.