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jaklumen
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response 25 of 47:
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Apr 17 06:18 UTC 2002 |
resp:18 hahaha!!
resp:24 "Cured"? No, it's not a disease, and it's really a mistake
to think of it that way. It's a need, and the only dispute has been
on the origins of it all. What I *do* think is if some want to change
(and I do), let them. If others don't, let them. But don't let
anyone force their opinions.
Now the big problem I find with so-called "homophobes" is they feel
it's perfectly within their right to disparage glbts et al, and anyone
that would disagree is simply wrong or is not heterosexual. That's
not quite fair. They say, "keep it private," but some have no problem
gabbing and ogling on about the opposite sex. That really needs to
end. I think some propriety and discretion from everyone should be
encouraged.
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brighn
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response 26 of 47:
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Apr 17 06:28 UTC 2002 |
#23> Too much time on my hands.
#18, para 2> Ingroup verbal markers are an important aspect of minority
bonding, especially when those markers are derogatory in the general public.
They serve the purpose of forming common bonds by reinforcing the existence
of the "enemy." Whether you like that or not, it's true, there are certain
words within most minority communities that can only be used by other members
of that community. Denying basic sociolinguistics won't modify its existence.
#23> See my last paragraph. Definitely too much time on my hands.
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md
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response 27 of 47:
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Apr 17 12:14 UTC 2002 |
Browsing around yahoodi.com and following some links I came across a
page that gives ethnic backgrounds of various famous people. It's
supposed to be representing multi-ethnic people, but it's cool gossip
as well. For example, I found out that Jennifer Tilly (and presumably
her sister Meg) are one-fourth Chinese, as is Phoebe Cates; Prince is
half Italian; Lenny Kravitz has a Russian Jewish father and a black
mother, and his wife Lisa Bonet has a Russian Jewish mother and a black
father; Mariah Carey is half African-Venezuelan and half Irish; Eddie
Van Halen is half Indonesian and half Dutch; Lou Diamond Phillips is a
tossed DNA salad consisting of Latino, Filipino, Cherokee, Chinese,
Hawaiian and "Scots Irish," whatever that is; and Ben Kingsley, whom I
referred to as "Indian" in another item, is half Indian and half
Russian Jewish.
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morwen
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response 28 of 47:
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Apr 17 14:11 UTC 2002 |
In other words, they are all Americans.
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md
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response 29 of 47:
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Apr 17 14:32 UTC 2002 |
Yes, I like to think of Ben Kingsley as an American.
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jmsaul
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response 30 of 47:
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Apr 17 14:47 UTC 2002 |
I'm sure he does too.
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jp2
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response 31 of 47:
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Apr 17 17:05 UTC 2002 |
This response has been erased.
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md
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response 32 of 47:
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Apr 17 17:44 UTC 2002 |
Neither.
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brighn
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response 33 of 47:
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Apr 17 18:31 UTC 2002 |
your being diseased is independent of your opinions of Russ.
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jazz
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response 34 of 47:
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Apr 17 23:13 UTC 2002 |
Damn, Paul beat me to it.
Bigotry isn't a disease because I can't catch it if I am forced to swim
in the nasty outpourings of your sneezings. However, it is a mental disorder.
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keesan
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response 35 of 47:
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Apr 18 11:06 UTC 2002 |
Scots-Irish = victims of the land clearances in Scotland, by which landlords
burnt down the houses of their tenants so they would leave the land and make
more room for sheep, when wool prices went up. The Scots moved to Ireland.
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cmcgee
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response 36 of 47:
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Apr 18 11:37 UTC 2002 |
Most of them moved to Northern Ireland, around Belfast. Many of them kept
moving, to the southern US, and then across the continent to California.
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happyboy
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response 37 of 47:
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Apr 18 15:52 UTC 2002 |
don't forget canada and australia.
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slynne
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response 38 of 47:
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Apr 18 17:50 UTC 2002 |
There seemed to be a lot of people of Scottish decent in Nova Scotia ;)
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happyboy
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response 39 of 47:
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Apr 18 18:15 UTC 2002 |
some of them even speak differenter then english!
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slynne
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response 40 of 47:
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Apr 18 19:38 UTC 2002 |
Yeah and they spelled their words funny!
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happyboy
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response 41 of 47:
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Apr 19 01:32 UTC 2002 |
hell...why, that's UNAMERICAN!
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morwen
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response 42 of 47:
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Apr 20 19:01 UTC 2002 |
resp:38 Uh, maybe that's because "Nova Scotia" literally means "New
Scotland"?
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happyboy
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response 43 of 47:
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Apr 21 15:19 UTC 2002 |
no shit?
*rolls eyes*
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slynne
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response 44 of 47:
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Apr 21 18:41 UTC 2002 |
resp:42 REALLY? Say Whaaa?
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morwen
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response 45 of 47:
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Apr 21 20:27 UTC 2002 |
Pardon me for once again restating the obvious.
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happyboy
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response 46 of 47:
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Apr 21 20:55 UTC 2002 |
GUILTY
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gelinas
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response 47 of 47:
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Jun 9 03:16 UTC 2002 |
(The other reason Scots migrated to Ireland was because the English crown paid
them to fight the Irish, to win the island for England.)
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