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Re: I think I'm going to puke....
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 9 Jun 2005 06:21:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Allister McLaren wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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This is why I fear the Left. This is cultural war.
JOHN
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Maybe we should all convert to Islam. Then that sort of thing would never be
allowed.
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Be my guest.
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But seriously, what exactly are you frightened of? Nothing in there is
suggesting that you give up your idea of what a man is. If you are feeling
threatened by this maybe you’re not as much of a man as you think you are.
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And maybe not. Maybe I want my kids and the next generation to eschew such
silly ideas that men should look and act more like women and women should look
and act more like men. What if men looked and acted like men, and women looked
and acted like women? Sound hateful and bigotted? I thought so.
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This is nothing, unless you think clothes do make the man. All this
primping and preening isn’t my cup of tea either, but if others want to do
it, so what?
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You are staring at a vision of the future if certain individuals had any say in
the matter. And they do. And so do I. It is a battle of ideas and values, and
I reject these. I see them as decadent; evidence of declining culture, not
progressive.
JOHN
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Every step forward takes turns that make SOME people uncomfortable. How do you think people in the front of the bus felt when Rosa Parks refused to move??? Or how do you think men felt when Paulina Davis fought to allow wives to maintain (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Teach them well, and they'll make reasonable choices. They may even follow in your footsteps. Whatever they do, I at least hope you'll respect their choices, even if they choose to put on a pink shirt. Besides, I don't think androgyny is the (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Maybe we should all convert to Islam. Then that sort of thing would never be allowed. But seriously, what exactly are you frightened of? Nothing in there is suggesting that you give up your idea of what a man is. If you are feeling threatened (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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