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In <Bu17BG.7sK@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> matthew@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (unknown) writes:

>In article <92090330080@zone4.ocunix.on.ca> david@zone4.ocunix.on.ca (David Stimson) writes:
>>>
>>>...... Now, now boys -- let's calm down.  No need to get worked up over
>>>	something as stupid as a slang word.  
>>>	Who really gives a shit, anyway?  Direct your hostile energies
>>>	toward something more useful, like pottery or something.
>>>
>>  I really give a shit.  Being queer, I find it a personal insult.
>>Pottery?  Sorry, I prefer programming.
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>>david@zone4.ocunix.on.ca (David Stimson)            The Pink Bermuda Triangle
>> "If you could see the you that I see, when I see you, you would see things
>>     differently.  I assure you." - Henry Rollins - Low Self Opinion -

>I have never told anyone my sexual preference without them asking for some
>legitimate reason.

You don't have to.  It's all too obvious.  David has a legitimate reason
anyway.

>It is, simply, no one's business.

>It should NOT be an issue.

Granted, it shouldn't be an issue.  The fact is, though, that it *is
an issue.  For some of us it is a very big issue.

>You, Mr. Stimson, seem to make it one.

Wrong.  People like George Bush, Pat Buchannon and Jesse Helms make it
an issue.  The Catholic Church makes it an issue.  The BSA makes it an
issue.  The generally opressive, repressive society in which we live 
makes it an issue.

>If you wish to take every word out of every person's mouth
>and analyze it to an unnecessary degree, then it seems
>_you_ have the problem.

Perhaps the world would be a better place if *everyone took the time
to examine what the say, and the potential effect it may have, before
they say it.

>It may not be your fault, but it is INDEED your problem.

Yes, it is his problem, and it isn't his fault.  It's also *my
problem.  But then, figthing oppression should be everyone's
problem.  

>Far too often these days people substitute a cause
>for a personality.

While others go without either.


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