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Re: Is Eduardo is out of line? (was: Re: The Lego Group will attempt to stop some "brickfilms")
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 21 Dec 2001 04:49:46 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, William R. Ward writes:
> "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.
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> It's called "homophobia" because bigotry is fear-based. Hating
> homosexuals is just as wrong as hating black people or Jews.
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> XFUT: lugnet.off-topic.debate
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> --Bill.
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?
Also, I think "hate" applied as a negative moral is a purely religious
doctrine. I hate onions... so much so that I won't even kiss my wife for
several hours after she has eaten some. Does this make me immoral? I
hardly think so. However, if you apply religion to "hate", then the very act
of hating *anything* is immoral. I also hate people who practice sexual
*relations* with animals... or adults who molest children...
Perhaps you are suggesting that it is ok to hate some things and not others?
Maybe you could clarify?
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