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Re: Lavender Brick Society
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:32:06 GMT
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz-lists@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> One thing I'm of a mind to point out is that this sort of marginalizing is
> perhaps just why a group might be necessary. I'm trying hard to think of • any
> of the subgroups that anyone has mentioned that so automatically raise
> complaints about "why do you need to identify yourself in this group, • can't
> we all just be people?" But if you say "I'm a Pepsi drinker" no one tries • to
> diminish that. If you say "I'm married" people don't try and diminish that
> (in fact, they may ask "Do you have any kids"). If someone says "I'm gay"
> people say "Why did you need to tell me that? I don't care and don't what • to
> know about what you do in bed." But wouldn't that response actually be
> (somewhat) more reasonable to ask of the married person?
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> People profess to want to let gays just be. But they also want to pass • laws
> preventing them from just being.
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> Frank
You have a good point, but I would find it strange if you told me that you
were married, and the conversation was about a whole different subject.
-"Nice MOC you have there."
-"Yes, I am married"
??
Or:
-"I have a lot of Lego at home."
-"Me to, and I also like Pepsi a lot."
???
Somehow, it feels like it does not fit in the conversation.
This one on the other hand:
-"I like Lego a lot."
-"Me to, and I also like Megabloks."
If someone is gay is not of any interest to me, and I really do not want to
know. I do not want to know if someone is married or not either. Maybe if I
was interested in a person in a non-Lego point of view.
If I want to know, I would ask. One does not present him/heself with the
phrase: "Hi, I am gay/lesbian/communist/Pepsiholic or something else. Maybe
you would do it in other related communities.
In here, we all are Lego enthusiasts and maybe
gay/lesbian/communists/Pepsiholics to. But, who cares really? This is about
Lego. Personal stuff other than Lego fits in the "people" group, to my point
of view.
/J
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| "Jocke" <terje029SPAMBLOCK@xpress.se> wrote in message news:I46zpy.17xn@lugnet.com... (...) One thing I'm of a mind to point out is that this sort of marginalizing is perhaps just why a group might be necessary. I'm trying hard to think of any of (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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