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In article <1992Nov19.144449.18547@news.nd.edu> ckennedy@doc.helios.nd.edu (chris kennedy) writes:
>In article <1eg2qaINNf26@gap.caltech.edu> keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
>>hilding@catfish.ocpt.ccur.com (Hilding Holroyd) writes:
>>>In article <1dvprlINN4cd@gap.caltech.edu>, keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
>>>> Does anyone else find it ironic that GBB, perhaps the most well-known
>>>> and respected member of the Scouting organization since LBP, was gay?
>>>> keith
>>>Let's have some PROOF, here and not just flames. I have seen accusations
>>>that Baden-Powell was gay. Now I see one that "Green Bar Bill" was gay.
>>>_I don't buy it!!_  No one has the right to make such accusations.
>>Well, I had previously heard such rumors about both and had no knowledge
>>of the illness.  How did he contract AIDS?
>>keith
>Who the hell said anything about Green Bar Bill dying of aids, I thought that 
>he died because he was old.  As far as rumors as to him being gay, it seems 
>that anyone who is not married by the time they are 30 is accused of being 
>gay, especially by the self proclaimed outers, and even more so if they are 
>involved with youth, as in scouting.  
>chirs

Hmm, this is all very interesting.   I had never heard of GBB contracting
the HIV virus.  He did die, (As I verified via NY Times) of a heart attack. 
As for him being gay, I've heard those rumors for years, but never seen 
any reason either for or against them.  

As for accusing people of being gay... Well, don't you people see the 
problem with that statement?  If you don't, I'm not going to bother,
if you do, good.  I have heard many statements about people being gay, 
but one is only gay if they so define themselves.  it is interesting 
that by calling someone gay you are accusing them, whether this is true or 
false, I too would like to see some evidence.  As for LBP, well, I recall
seeing an article years ago by a British journalist, but I thought it was
highly unsubstantiated, so my answer there is the same.  

It seems to me that a good many people don't know what they are talking 
about.  Self-proclaimed outers and people "accuse" of being gay.  Just 
what praytell would ya'll's reaction be if the "accusations" were true?  
And if false?  does it matter?  Not to me.  I personally enjoyed GBB's
comics, stories, articles, etc... all my life.  I hope to continue enjoying
them and passing them down to my nieces,nephews, and my own children when 
I have them.  I could care less if he's gay/str8 or an alien(ET - version)
To me he was a great man, and I am sorry for us in his passing to a 
better life.  

Saranam,

Dominick V. Zurlo