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- From: cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss,ca.politics,talk.politics.misc
- Subject: Re: Gays in the military (was:Re: Book Review "The Homosexalities")
- Message-ID: <14078@optilink.COM>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 17:57:57 GMT
- References: <73956@cup.portal.com> <1993Jan20.203519.22734@psych.toronto.edu> <randall.728017145@seashore>
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- In article <randall.728017145@seashore>, randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea) writes:
- > The same arguments used against integrating the military back in
- > the 40's are being used today to keep homosexuals out of the
- > military. "Gays/blacks are oversexed and perverted", "they'll
- > disrupt unity and harmony in the units", "Some people just can't
- > stand being around people of THEIR kind", ... etc.
-
- Actually, the arguments are different. The claim was that blacks
- weren't good soldiers. The reality, was that a lot of people were
- scared spitless of blacks learning how to use a gun. (Lynchings
- are more difficult when the victims are returning fire.)
-
- The real difference, is that being black isn't evidence of being
- emotionally disturbed and damaged, as being a homosexual is.
-
- > I find it interesting that Colin Powell is apparently against
- > allowing homosexuals into the military. That's interesting.
- > If one Harry S. Truman didn't have the guts to integrate the
- > military, General Powell wouldn't be in the position to have
- > such an opinion. The U.S. Armed Forces is perhaps the most
- > racially integrated institution in the world, but only because
- > Harry S. ignored the same arguments that are being used against
- > gays today.
- >
- > Randall Rhea Informix Software, Inc.
-
- Which should tell you something -- that Colin Powell recognizes
- the absurdity of the analogy you are trying to draw.
-
-
- --
- Clayton E. Cramer {uunet,pyramid}!optilink!cramer My opinions, all mine!
- "When freedom destroys order, order will destroy freedom." -- Eric Hoffer
- Not a goal, just a statement of reality.
-