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- From: tb13@ellis.uchicago.edu (leon joel gross)
- Subject: Re: Man rapes Man
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.001106.8530@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
- Reply-To: tb13@midway.uchicago.edu
- Organization: University of Chicago
- References: <1992Dec27.041534.18435@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1993Jan4.163415.3330@midway.uchicago.edu> <GPRIORES.93Jan5113335@fish.oracle.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:11:06 GMT
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- In article <GPRIORES.93Jan5113335@fish.oracle.com> gpriores@oracle.com (gordon prioreschi) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan4.163415.3330@midway.uchicago.edu> tb13@ellis.uchicago.edu (leon joel gross) writes:
- >> [The word "gay" is] offensive for a variety
- >>of reasons for a variety of people.
- >
- >Tell that to the organizers of San Francisco's annual "Gay Pride" parade.
- >
- > Cordially,
- >
- > -g
-
- Go back and read the context.
-
- It's offensive in this context; the context was one of calling a
- rape of a man by a man 'gay'.
-
- Is the rapist gay? Probably not.
-
- Is the victim gay? Probably not.
-
- Is the act gay? Probably not.
-
- Is this something gay pride is about? Probably not.
-
- I assume that gay people would be offended by calling a rape 'gay'.
-
- And I assume that male survivors who are straight do not want to
- think of themselves as 'gay' or having participated in a 'gay' action.
-
- I never said the word 'gay' was offensive. The word 'Jew' is not
- offensive, but the description of banking fraud as 'jewish' is.
-
- Too bad there is nothing in news.announce about teaching people
- to read and quote in context.
-
- Leon Gross
- I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV.
-
-