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| | | (...) Johannes, I think you stated yourself very well on these points. The issue that underlies this is that these people want you to know they are gay - they don't want you to assume the are not because they are offended at being assumed to be gay (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Johannes Koehler
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| | | | Hello! Before I started posting to this thread I made the following decisions: 1. I would not say anything revealing my own sexual preferences, whatever they might be. 2. I would not say anything like "personally I'm not [this] but hey! if people (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | (...) Not picking on you particularly Jojo, since this has been said several times by several people in different ways in this thread. There are a couple of points here. Firstly, heterosexuals frequently mention their sexual orientation. How? By (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Lee Meyer
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| | | | | | (...) Verbal gymnastics from Kevin. Sexual orientation may not tell you the specific acts a particular couple performs in bed, but you'd have to be an idiot not to know THE RANGE OF POSSIBLE ACTS two men or two women might do in bed together (same (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | (...) Whether you're wrong or right, what does it matter? Are you actually offended by the sexual acts that these two men might perform? Is that actually even what this is about or is this a dead end? If it really is the point, do those same acts (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Bruce Hietbrink
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| | | | | | | (...) But isn't there a huge distinction here? Say, for instance, I said the following in the .storage group: "I was digging through my big bin of bricks last night, but the noise was really annoying my SO, because she was trying to sleep. I really (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | | Interesting that you don't bother to address either of the two major points in my post, Lee (that heterosexuals frequently broadcast their sexual orientation by referring to the gender of their partners, and that sexual orientation is about (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | | | (...) If a moderator thinks that that message *was* too graphic, you hereby have my request to cancel it. Kevin (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) This admin (not moderator, we don't have moderators at LUGNET) appreciates your concern and thanks you for your flexibility and willingness to work within the system. However (1) the decision to request a cancel rests with *you*, not the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) How could he??? You homos are wicked and that's good enough. Trying to rationalize it will only get him into trouble. See John Neal's long history of debate for countless examples of the style. (...) Yeah, this is something that bothers me (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) Wait a minute--Kevin's gay?!? Oh no! I bought skeletons from him a few years ago--what does that make me? Dave! (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | (...) Idunno about you, but clearly the skeletons in your closet have come out. -->Bruce<-- (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | | (...) ROFL! (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —David Laswell
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| | | | (...) The tone of your post fairly well indicates that you're hetero, you're not okay with LGBT lifestyles, and you don't really think it should be completely left to Todd to decide. I'd say you failed on the right parts and succeeded on the wrong (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Jeff Pelletier
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| | | | | (...) I couldn't agree more with what David said. As a gay person, I ask no more and no less than to speak equally with someone. If a straight person I talk to mentions "I went to the Lego store with my wife, blah blah blah" then I do in fact desire (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Joakim Olsson
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| | | | | | | "Jeff Pelletier" <jeff@studio7733.com> wrote in message news:I496JG.Io6@lugnet.com... snipped some old stuff. (...) more and (...) to (...) in (...) No (...) is (...) think (...) would (...) speak (...) ignorant to (...) civil (...) can't (...) (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Jeff Pelletier
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| | | | | | | | (...) Joakim, No problem asking. Several examples of LGBT related MOCs were already brought up, but to recap: there was a castle inhabited by lesbians, a gay bar, a gay "ghetto" (most big cities have one - NYC's Chelsea, Seattle's Capitol Hill, (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Joakim Olsson
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| | | | | | | | "Jeff Pelletier" <jeff@studio7733.com> wrote in message news:I49Bsw.1BDI@lugnet.com... (...) it: (...) MOCS (...) it (...) does (...) brought (...) gay (...) Hill, (...) is a (...) the (...) the (...) clue (...) is the (...) large (...) As a (...) (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Jeff Pelletier
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| | | | | | | | (...) You are completely right about MOCs being able to be posted in other groups. I intend, where appropriate, to cross-post any MOCs that I would post. Some people may not, its their choice I guess. (...) The short answer (and thats difficult) (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Johannes Koehler
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| | | | | | | Hello! (...) This thread is the reason why a LGBT subgroup is needed now. Because NOW nobody who was involved in this thread has an unbiassed view upon this matter anymore. ;) Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Lee Meyer
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| | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeff Pelletier wrote: [SNIP] (...) Jeff, you may be referring to some of my statements, and I will simply flat out tell you it's based on my personal experiences with gay people and also reading the published/blog (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Johannes Koehler
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| | | | | Hello! (...) Since I'm an untransgendered hetero I don't need to be okay with such lifestyles. (...) That's only an assumption. (...) *sigh* To fail constantly is my destiny. Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Lee Meyer
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| | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Laswell wrote: [SNIP] (...) (sarcasm on) Ummmmm, Dave, yeah, we have conversations about this all the time. You must have overheard us. (sarcasm off) We're not the ones obsessed with defining ourselves primarily by (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | (...) <giggle> Seriously? I'm pretty sure you've read this thread...right? So, how can you say that you're not obsessed in exactly the way you're claiming not to be? _You're_ the the one raising the stink...not the LGB folks. Chris (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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