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Once upon a time, 1506 wrote:
On Aug 26, 5:26*am, The Real Doctor wrote: On 26/08/11 13:15, 1506 wrote: On Aug 26, 5:03 am, The Real *wrote: On 26/08/11 12:44, 1506 wrote: Before I do killfile you, Are you, or have you ever been a homosexual? Why would that matter? It would go some way to explaining the axe you are grinding. Ah, you think that only gay people would care about gay people being tortured to death. Well, that certainly fits with the rest of your contributions to this thread. Who is torturing bright and cheerful people to death? Language changes. We've had to learn to put up with abominations like burglarize and 'train station', so I'm afraid you'll have to accept that "gay" stopped having "bright and cheerful" as its primary meaning almost half a century ago. Check any major dictionary and you'll find the homosexual (esp male homosexual) is now the main usage of the word in the English language. Good manners also behoves us to refer to people and groups of people as they prefer to be addressed, and most gay people seem to prefer the word gay to the word homosexual, possibly because gay is seen as encompassing the whole lifestyle, culture, and romantic side of the gay experience, whereas homosexual is really a technical definition of a particular set of sexual behaviour. A gay couple can walk hand in hand without it meaning anything more than saying "I love you" to each other. Doesn't have to be about sex. -- - The Iron Jelloid |
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