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Subject:	Re: Is Eduardo is out of line? (was: Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms")
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Followup-To:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2001 02:23:05 GMT
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"David \"Fuzzy\" Gregory" <david.gregory@student.oc.edu> writes: > I do object to the swearing, but I agree that people should not make LEGO > minifigs into gay characters. Anyway, just because someone doesn't like gay > minifigs doesn't mean that they're homophobic. Instead of homophobia, they > could be homoodious (hating homosexuality instead of fearing it). Please > remember that just because someone doesn't like something, doesn't mean that > they're scared of it. It's called "homophobia" because bigotry is fear-based. Hating homosexuals is just as wrong as hating black people or Jews. XFUT: lugnet.off-topic.debate --Bill. -- William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

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		Re: Is Eduardo is out of line? (was: Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms")
(...) Hmmm... in my dictionary it doesn't say that fear has anything at all to do with bigotry, but rather narrow-mindedness. More specifically, anyone who refuses to see "the big picture" is a bigot. Maybe your dictionary says something different? (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Is Eduardo is out of line? (was: Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms")
(...) Except that being black or Jewish is not a sin. Homosexuality is. Any one that is Christian, Jewish, or Muslium must realize that. Leviticus Chapter 20 Verse 13: If a man lies with a man as he lies with a women, they have committed an (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Is Eduardo is out of line? (was: Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms")
I do object to the swearing, but I agree that people should not make LEGO minifigs into gay characters. Anyway, just because someone doesn't like gay minifigs doesn't mean that they're homophobic. Instead of homophobia, they could be homoodious (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

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