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Re: Terms and Conditions Question
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 5 May 1999 00:33:43 GMT
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cjc@%saynotospam%newsguy.com
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Carbon 60 <carbon60@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> Mike Stanley wrote:
> > I would say that most (if not all) racist and sexist comments are
> > obscene, and maybe some of those other words as well. Dunno about
> > homophobic stuff - I've never been afraid of men.
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> I can't believe you fell for that! I hope that was sarcastic but I
> can't tell - homophobic - hating + despising anything homosexual.
Mmmmmmm.... dunno that I "fell" for anything. I'm pretty sure I
understood what the poster meant.
I'm not sure I was going for sarcasm, exactly. More like light humor
for me. I've never fully understood or accepted the popular meaning
of the term versus what I see as the literal meaning.
For my part, when I see "homo" I first think "man", not homosexual,
but that's the Latinist in me. I can't remember a time when I've
actually said the word homo and meant anything other than the Latin
word for man (homo, hominis). I've heard the word used as a slur
against homosexuals before, but it always sounded wrong, as most slurs
do, but also metrically.
Homophobic never quite worked for me to describe people who fit the
definition you give. Bigoted seems much more accurate and,
deservedly, derogatory.
Wonder if this is fading into .off-topic.debate?
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| (...) Well that was the usual mis-meaning for the word homophobic you see. (...) Well I go by dictionary definition always the safest bet - I think mine was para-phrased a lot but I couldn't think of any other way of putting it. (...) Well when I (...) (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I can't believe you fell for that! I hope that was sarcastic but I can't tell - homophobic - hating + despising anything homosexual. I don't think that the terms and conditions cover homophobic posts. A statement in an off-topic group LIKE "I (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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