Text 27441, 83 rader
Skriven 2009-02-12 08:57:06 av Lee Lofaso (3:800/432.0)
  Kommentar till text 27429 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: Private lives
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Hello Bob,

>RB>We have several openly queer ("gay", which for me _still_ means
>RB>"happy") politicians in Germany, including the Mayor of Berlin and
>RB>the head of the Free Democrat Party. Their personal situation doesn't
>RB>appear to have had any effect on their political fortunes.

>MV>Same here. No one except a few religious fanatics (Muslim & Xian)
>MV>makes an issue out of it any more.

RB>To be quite frank, I still find the idea of homosexuality
RB>distasteful, but that's a question of my upbringing. I was
RB>brought up to believe men are men and women are women,
RB>masculine and feminine. I'm a man and would find it very
RB>unsettling to be considered a sexual object by another man.
RB>Now, a pretty girl is an entirely different situation for
RB>me :-)

How do you know until/unless you have actually had the experience
of having been with another man?  Boys in the Middle Ages were taught
having a high-pitch voice was the highest good, enabling them to sing
in lofty choirs.  Julius Caesar was gay.  Alexander the Great was gay.
Some even say Jesus was gay.  We tend to believe what we have been
taught to believe.  Once that belief has been intalled in our system
it is unlikely we will ever purge that belief from our system.  Even
if that belief is total ca-ca.

RB>Nowadays I try to ignore such things, but it's not always easy.

Open your eyes.  Expand your horizons.  Old dogs *can* learn new tricks.

"The Rocky Horror Picture Story" is a cult classic.  Dr. Frank 'N'
Furter (played by Tim Curry) is a sweet transvestite from transsexual
Transylvania, but everybody (except for RiffRaff and Madonna) seems
to enjoy their experiences with him, both male and female.

Every member of NATO (except for Turkey) has soldiers within its
ranks who are homosexual.  The US also has soldiers within its ranks
who are homosexual, but not openly so due to the military's "Don't
ask, don't tell" policy.  Do soldiers really care if other soldiers
are straight or homosexual?  I doubt it.  What soldiers care most
about is staying alive.  Not hopping in the sack with another guy.

If your wife is gay, how would you know?  Would you even want to
know?  And if you did, what it matter?

Most gays are married, with kids.  Does that bother you?  If one
of your kids is gay, would you still love him/her?  Each individual,
in my opinion, should be free to live the life they choose.  And
nobody should be discriminated against due to sexual orientation.

If an election for president were held in the United States,
the two major candidates being an openly atheist candidate and
an openly gay candidate, which candidate do you think would win?
And which candidate should win?  Will voters decide who to vote
for based on the issues?  Or will voters more likely vote based
on their emotions?

Bill Clinton was impeached because he got a blowjob from a female
White House intern.  He was acquitted and allowed to serve out the
remainder of his term.  But what if he had been caught getting a
blowjob from a male intern?  Would the end result have been the
same?

RB>Cheers, Bob

RB>P.S. You may have heard the old saying that a man who doesn't
BB>turn his head to watch a pretty girl go by is dead. No truer
BB>statement was ever made.

Oh, c'mon!  Get real!  You can't tell me you have not seen an
attractive guy at the beach and noticed how much of a physical
specimen he is.  Not that you would necessarily want to go to
bed with him, but you (just as any other guy) would at least
notice how good looking he is.

--Lee


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