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- From: ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer)
- Subject: Re: steve franklin: homophobe or not?
- Message-ID: <w5pm_6.ray@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 20:24:07 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services
- References: <Bs46tJ.Fzu@apollo.hp.com> <nse5nu4@fido.asd.sgi.com> <1992Jul29.164807.2013@brandonu.ca>
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- mcbeanb@brandonu.ca writes ...
- > cj@eno.corp.sgi.com (C J Silverio) writes:
- >> franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve "edified" Franklin) writes:
- >> |This is ridiculous. I am afraid that I no longer can sit passively during
- >> |this thread. Homophobia is an IRRATIONAL response to homosexuals and
- >> |their practices. It is NOT irrational to be disgusted by the concept of two
- >> |(wo)men having sex. Although one should tolerate and leave alone such men and
- >> |women, they should never be forced to accept, practice, or condone it.
- >>
- >> This man claims not to be a homophobe? Ugh. I think he
- >> disgusts me.
- >
- >Why? Because he thinks homosexual intercourse is disgusting and will
- >never accept, practice, or condone it? How is this homophobic?
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- I think that eating raw sea urchin is pretty disusting and am very
- unlikely to indulge in such behaviour myself. Nonetheless, to refuse
- to associate with people who do enjoy eating raw sea urchin, or to
- imprison people who do, would seem pretty irrational and even phobic.
-
- That's the difference between being homophobic and irrational, and
- not wanting to try it oneself.
-
- --
- Ray Fischer
- rfischer@cs.stanford.edu
- ray@netcom.com
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