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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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11-29-2005, 09:10 AM | #803 | |
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11-29-2005, 10:05 AM | #804 | |
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i say we have a "no-modding-month", and if all hell breaks loose at least you can say "i told ya so"
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11-29-2005, 11:59 AM | #805 |
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11-29-2005, 12:58 PM | #807 |
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If A equals success, then the formula is _ A = _ X + _ Y + _ Z. _ X is work. _ Y is play. _ Z is keep your mouth shut. -- Albert Einstein
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11-29-2005, 01:38 PM | #808 |
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we need an ombudsman
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11-29-2005, 05:18 PM | #809 | ||
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Just because some gay people use the term doesnt make it a meaningful term. Its just an easy short cut to take. But an inacurate one.
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11-29-2005, 05:30 PM | #810 |
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This is really the first time I have ever heard that using the term "gay community" is supposed to be non-meaningful or inaccurate. What?! Gay community just means those who are gay as opposed to those who are not gay. I take it, I. Rex, that you are from the "straight community," no? Does that term insult you? Sometimes I really feel that this politically correct pussy-footing around just goes too ridiculously far, to the point of actually being insulting in its very attempt NOT to insult.
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11-29-2005, 05:39 PM | #811 | |
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2nd paragraph - I agree (and thus my title!) 3rd paragraph - I agree WOW!!! A record!!!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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Holy cow, that IS a record!
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11-29-2005, 05:41 PM | #813 | |
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IRex - "topic nazis" Great term!
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11-29-2005, 05:55 PM | #814 | |
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it has nothing to do with PC and everything to do with reality "some gays" or even "a majority of gays" if you had the statistics, would be more accurate and symantecs do matter... it is how we communicate after all
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You should be well aware this is a meaningless term as well. Seeing as how those of us who are straight can have such vastly different ways of living our lives and vastly different points of view on any and every issue. And furthermore does this then imply that there is a "bisexual community"? Or do they get lumped in with the "gay community"? What about a "bi-curious community"? Are they all one monolithic group as well? Can newspapers say they speak for them when they write articles? Can others who are bi-curious say they speak for all bi-curious people while we are at it? The closest thing you have to a "gay community" is maybe some neighborhoods in San Francisco but then I dont think thats how people mean for the term to be understood. They mean it to say the blanket clump of people who are gay ALL think this way. ALL act this way. ALL want this thing. Well that doesnt work. Quote:
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com·mu·ni·ty ( P ) Pronunciation Key (k-myn-t)
n. pl. com·mu·ni·ties A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government. The district or locality in which such a group lives. A group of people having common interests: the scientific community; the international business community. A group viewed as forming a distinct segment of society: the gay community; the community of color. Similarity or identity: a community of interests. Sharing, participation, and fellowship. Society as a whole; the public.
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Main Entry: com·mu·ni·ty
Pronunciation: k&-'myü-n&t-E Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -ties : a unified body of individuals: as a : the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly : the area itself <the problems of a large community> b : an interacting population of various kinds of individuals (as species) in a common location c : a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society <a community of retired persons>
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Absolutely. I belong to the ambidextrous blonde Italian-Irish bisexual agnostic community, myself.
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I think if a significant number of gay people feel like "gay community" is a valid expression, and they want to use it, then who are we to deny them the right to call themselves what they want? At least I've heard that argument here before ...
And this thing about using the term "gay community" means that the person thinks all gay people are the same is just a strawman, IMHO. The term is used only in connection with issues that tend to be important to many gay people, that's all. When I was helping to design an air traffic control simulator/training program, I didn't refer to the gay community, but I did refer to air traffic controller community and what their likes and dislikes tended to be as a group. And if I talk about the definition of marriage, for example, I think using the term "gay community" would definitely be appropriate.
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