sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer) (01/26/84)
ccieng3!jbf was hopefully aiming for irony, but he missed it by a long shot when he passed off the following crack: >I would have hoped that the people on this news group would be a >little more charitable with the connotative load on their words; >after all, this very newsgroup is based on faggots wanting to stick >their weenies into other queer boys. Aside from the obvious objections to this odious remark, it might help to remind ccieng3!jbf that the "people on this newsgroup" are diverse in opinion and behavior. I don't think there's any reason to expect higher standards on this group than on any other (I mean, take a look at what this guy wrote.) Now, to the obvious: a paragraph like the above is insulting and insensitive and does not belong on any public newsgroup, least of all 'net.motss'. Not only is it blatantly inflammatory and homophobic, it's also sexist. Perhaps the gay women who read this newsgroup would like to comment on ccieng3!cbf's analysis of the "basis" of 'net.motss'. -- /Steve Dyer decvax!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbncca
schoff@bbncca.ARPA (Martin Schoffstall) (01/26/84)
Steve is right the opinions are diverse, some like I are in general not sympathetic to homophilia, but I consider that remark to be a bit crude and graphic, please don't continue. back again, and still not homophopic, "marty"