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othello @ Tue Mar 09, 2004 10:46 am

There is an argument that, between informed, consenting adults, there is nothing morally wrong with polyandry or polygamy. There are some sticky legal issues that would arise (who is the first next-of-kin?). Of course, people point to the pedophilial polygamist of Utah as a reason against polygamy, but that's not an issue of polygamy, that's an issue of statutory rape and exploiting children, which is a completely separate issue.

But anyway, that's a heck of a tangent.

   



AdamNF @ Tue Mar 09, 2004 10:47 am

The minorityÂ’s choice shouldnÂ’t be taken away because the majority doesnÂ’t agree with the minorityÂ’s choice. Just because the majority is against gay marriage doesnÂ’t make the majorities choice the right one. The majority was against interracial marriages and for segregation in schools.

   



feeko @ Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:44 pm

I know Ill catch some heat.but so be it....30- 40 years ago ..this was looked at as deviant behavior...now its like chic.?....dont ask dont tell seemed a good way to go about it....Its your soul..and you were given free will right?....I know some gays....I act like their normal..i just block it out..

on a side note...i heard on the radio todey ..that theres another strain o ghonorea sp thats not treatable with the normal reg o anti biotics...and then theres aids...in the begginning it was spread by the alt lifstylers...now its everywhere...

   



karra @ Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:52 pm

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The minorityÂ’s choice shouldnÂ’t be taken away because the majority doesnÂ’t agree with the minorityÂ’s choice. Just because the majority is against gay marriage doesnÂ’t make the majorities choice the right one. The majority was against interracial marriages and for segregation in schools.


Give it a rest Rev, I mean Adam. That's exactly why there's majority and minority. . . . aka . . . . something akin to democracy,

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The majority was against interracial marriages and for segregation in schools.

Get that off the Knee Dippers page did you?

   



AdamNF @ Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:04 pm

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Give it a rest Rev, I mean Adam. That's exactly why there's majority and minority. . . . aka . . . . something akin to democracy,


Im guessing you also like the class system.

The majority, from what history has told us time and time agian makes the wrong deciision. Why is it whatever goverment is elected seems to be the worst one for the job. Why is it that law passed with the majoirty consent seem to be way of base years down the road.

"The Majority Is Always Wrong' Socrates

   



Twila @ Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:12 pm

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and then theres aids...in the begginning it was spread by the alt lifstylers


uhhh, no. In the beginning it was spread by reese (sp?) monkey bites.

   



othello @ Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:25 pm

feeko feeko:
and you were given free will right?....I know some gays....I act like their normal..i just block it out..


So you continue to believe that you chose to be hetero and others chose to be homosexual, despite scientific evidence to the contrary?

It's awfully grand of you to "block it out". Those "abnormal" homosexuals that you know must really be grateful to you for being so kind.

Clearly, I'll never understand attitudes such as yours.

   



Rev_Blair @ Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:19 am

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Give it a rest Rev, I mean Adam. That's exactly why there's majority and minority. . . . aka . . . . something akin to democracy,


Actually if you take the time to learn about democracy, one the basic tenets is protecting minorities from the tyranny of the majority. Democracy is far more than allowing a mob mentality to make reactionary decisions based on emotion.



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Get that off the Knee Dippers page did you?


It's actually a pretty well known part of history.


Feeko: That AIDS was mostly restricted to the gay community when it came to North America was an accident, nothing more, nothing less. It could have gotten into the wider heterosexual community just as easily. It spread in the gay community before anybody really knew what was happening and by the time it got into the rest of the population, we were able to avoid a major disaster. If you want to see how bad it could have been, have a look at what's happening in Africa right now. That could have happened here.

   



RoyalHighlander @ Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:51 am

othello othello:
feeko feeko:
and you were given free will right?....I know some gays....I act like their normal..i just block it out..



It's awfully grand of you to "block it out". Those "abnormal" homosexuals that you know must really be grateful to you for being so kind.


I think from reading it, he meant that he dont treat them any different, he
just blocks out the thought of what they do?? Any way thats my take

   



AdamNF @ Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:40 am

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If you want to see how bad it could have been, have a look at what's happening in Africa right now. That could have happened here.


It's strange, i mean Africa is buring, Africa is going through a what should be called a global medical emergincy. 1 in 10 people have aids, children have it too. Familes being torn apart, people with aids being shuned, and the red cross cant keep up wit the demand. 1000's of people are dying ever week becasue of it, and becasue aids seems to be under control in North America people think its that way everywhere. the UN and red cross need to put together and aid package, im talking about 100 billio somthing like that, and 100,000 + health care workers to stop his plage before it gets any worse.

   



othello @ Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:01 am

RoyalHighlander RoyalHighlander:
othello othello:
feeko feeko:
and you were given free will right?....I know some gays....I act like their normal..i just block it out..



It's awfully grand of you to "block it out". Those "abnormal" homosexuals that you know must really be grateful to you for being so kind.


I think from reading it, he meant that he dont treat them any different, he
just blocks out the thought of what they do?? Any way thats my take


And this is why internet-based text communication is inferior to face-to-face contact...no body language with which to infer nuances and meaning. :?

I'll hope that you're interpretation is more accurate, RH.

   



karra @ Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:41 pm

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Feeko: That AIDS was mostly restricted to the gay community when it came to North America was an accident, nothing more, nothing less. It could have gotten into the wider heterosexual community just as easily. It spread in the gay community before anybody really knew what was happening and by the time it got into the rest of the population, we were able to avoid a major disaster. If you want to see how bad it could have been, have a look at what's happening in Africa right now. That could have happened here.


Axshlly, it came to North America in the body of a male Air France homosexual flight attendant, who took himself to a bath house in San Fran. From there it was spread to other bath houses in the area and subsequently across the country. The CDC Atlanta spent millions of dollars investigating the arrival and spread of AIDS/HIV.

A docudrama starring many well known Hollywood actors was produced as a result of the CDC investigation. The actors donated their time for this film. Well worth seeing and if I could remember the name of it I would tell you.

   



othello @ Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:12 pm

karra karra:
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Feeko: That AIDS was mostly restricted to the gay community when it came to North America was an accident, nothing more, nothing less. It could have gotten into the wider heterosexual community just as easily. It spread in the gay community before anybody really knew what was happening and by the time it got into the rest of the population, we were able to avoid a major disaster. If you want to see how bad it could have been, have a look at what's happening in Africa right now. That could have happened here.


Axshlly, it came to North America in the body of a male Air France homosexual flight attendant, who took himself to a bath house in San Fran. From there it was spread to other bath houses in the area and subsequently across the country.


I think that's the point. If it had come to North America in the body of a heterosexual flight attendant, the spread of the disease would have had a much different profile. The point being, AIDS doesn't care about your sexual orientation.

   



AdamNF @ Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:15 pm

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AIDS doesn't care about your sexual orientation.



No but the United States Congress does. Being the ones to limit AIDS research funding.

   



karra @ Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:50 pm

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I think that's the point. If it had come to North America in the body of a heterosexual flight attendant, the spread of the disease would have had a much different profile. The point being, AIDS doesn't care about your sexual orientation.


If it had arrived in North America in the guise of peanut butter suppository there would have been a different reaction(s) to this disease. Because it initially cut a swath through the homosexual community, society nearly as a whole turned it's back. Preachers around the United States were preaching it was God's will for an aberrant lifestyle, and so on. It was also relatively unknown with little or no research being conducted for a cure. It wasn't until it began to strike white, affluent, heterosexual folk that serious money was found for research.

As with many other good causes - it became a political football.

   



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