gsmith@GARNET.BERKELEY.EDU.UUCP (10/23/87)
In article <1091@puff.wisc.edu> mading@puff.wisc.edu (Eric Mading) writes: Hey you! Yes, I mean you--the slob snoozing over your terminal. You don't think anything interesting is happening, but you are wrong: a new Net Bozo is in town. While I wait for the cheering to die down, I submit for your attention that this same Eric Mading has been posting on the subject of illegal drugs without taking the trouble to learn anything about them. He now follows this display of colossal ignorance with a demonstation of stupifying hypocrisy: >No Christian denomination should marry gay couples, whether the >law recognizes it or not. The Bible clearly states the sin of >homosexuality. And no Christian church should be condoning sin. Well isn't that special! But since we are entitled to our opinions, one might be inclined to let it go, except that: (1) I just looked at the "newsgroups" line and I see that "soc.motss" is included. Does your Christian duty to "go the extra mile" include a special effort to act like a jerk in groups where you will hardly be welcome? May we expect you in soc.culture.jewish next? (2) And the reason I began this flame: >I do not approve of homosexuality because it is not natural. This might be a suitable topic for talk.philosophy.misc, but first you would need to examine the concept of "natural" and then defend the "natural law" position that 'unnatural' => 'morally wrong'. But since your long suits seem to this observer to be ignorance and stupidity, I don't expect anything rational or even coherent in this direction. >I just don't want any gay men to try to pick me up because I am >straight. Would it be better if they picked you up because you are a fool? It would appear more likely. >But if any women want to pick me up, feel free to do so. First you go on about morality and how the Bible says that those nasty gays are soooo bad. Then you try to pick up girls right here on the Usenet. Bob, give me slack! What kind of a Christian ARE you??? You better go back and re-read your Bible, bub. Check out the stuff on religious hypocrites. Very heavy dude, Jesus. You might want to learn a little bit about him sometime. > Just reply to this article and give me your name, address via >email (mine is mading@puff.wisc.edu, I think) and slow-mail, and >your telephone number. You forgot to add she should give her breast size, religion, political position, height, weight... but no! Look below. >For reasons of confidentiality, I will >not post my slowmail address, nor will I post my telephone >number, and I will not give them out to any woman who is going >to post them on this net. Well, I guess this makes sense. Otherwise, all the gays would call up trying to date you; right, Mr. Irresistable? >Eric Mading >Age: 22 >A senior at UW-Madison, majoring in Computer Science. >6' 1 1/2" tall, weight NOYB. More worthless personal drivel follows, posted everywhere and anywhere. This guy really thinks he is God's Own belly-button lint or something. Sheesh! I guess the people who are wondering if undergraduates should even be allowed to post might be on to something. >Women who want to reply and get to know me better should be at least 5' 5", >non-smoking, non-illicit-drug-using, moderate or to the right of it (not >extreme right-wing), and I would prefer Protestants to Catholics, Christians >to Jews, Jews to all other religions (not extreme Jewish, I won't convert). >You don't have to be pretty or have large breasts, although that might help. Women who are dumb enough to want to get involved with an ape like this are pretty rare, I would hope. A word of advice, Eric: post this kind of slop in soc.singles, OK? ucbvax!garnet!gsmith Gene Ward Smith/Garnetgangster/Berkeley CA 94720 "What is algebra exactly? Is it those three-cornered things?" J.M. Barrie