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- From: sabg9174@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tolthrye)
- Subject: Re: SEX
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- <1992Jul29.062237.20414@wimsey.bc.ca>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 04:37:24 GMT
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- jsavage@wimsey.bc.ca (Julian Savage) writes:
-
- >I don't fear people who eat bugs (some places they do),
- >but I'd still prefer
- >not to eat lunch with them. I can accept different
- >eat or sexual practices than my own (whether or not
- >Steve can), but I reserve
- >the right to be disgusted, without being called a homophobe.
-
- >>The fear of homosexuals is not a natural fear -
- >>it is a conditioned response.
- >>Society teaches you to seek out a herd of your own
- >>kind, and to fear those who
- >>are different - homosexuals, blacks, jews, vagrants, . . . .
-
- >Being grossed out by watching people eat bugs is conditioned too. So what?
- >I am not disgusted by people who eat bugs... That is their choice. I just
- >would prefer that they don't eat bugs around me, because the thought of
- >eating bugs disgusts me.
-
- Um...I would be very surprised if anyone suggested that you
- should be forced to sit around while sexual acts that made you
- uncomfortable were taking place, be it hetero- or homosexual
- acts. The original point was more like 'if you don't like
- the thought of eating bugs, don't do it; but if as a result
- of this disgust at the thought of eating a bug you fear or
- hate people who eat bugs, you probably needpsychiatric help'.
-
- Tolthrye
-
- >[...]
- >>--
- >>John Francis johnf@apollo.hp.com
-