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Friday, October 2, 2009 10:48 AM

Why do we need to know this?

Why this obsession with other people's sex lives? I guess that's a question that has been around for centuries. As long as it was consensual, I don't see that it is the public's business. We don't know what kind of relationship he has with his wife, she may have known and not much cared, she may have even approved of it or she may have been hurt by it, probably hurt a lot more because it became public. The point is it only concerns the people involved, not the public.

Thursday, October 1, 2009 12:04 PM

Interesting timing

Why is it when we are involved in two wars with no end in sight they decided it is time to change this policy?

On another issue, the fact is that there are many gay soldiers who are out to their fellow soldiers and often to their COs and it causes no problem unless orders come from above to get them out.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 06:53 AM

From my perspective

This whole issue of male sexuality being a threat to female rights grows out of the inferior status of women in society. In a society where men and women were truly equal, male sexual fantasies, pornography, prostitution and sado masochism, would not be viewed as demeaning, just as a way of satisfying sexual desire. I can say this because as I gay man, I know those things are not a problem between people of the same sex. Despite what bizarre sex goes on between two or more men, after it is over they will revert back to whatever power relationship existed in the first place (usually equality)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:41 PM

Home ownership

First, it has been the policy of the federal government to encourage home ownership for the past fifty years, if not more. I suppose she thinks all politicians of any political stripes are wrong, except her.

Second, and what exactly did the government do? They gave the lenders free rein to give mortgages on whatever terms they want. Ultimately, the government's fault is not regulation, but lack of regulation.

Monday, September 21, 2009 09:59 PM

Now boys too can be afraid of their own bodies

So a boy who touches his own penis is involved in a homosexual act? That is offensive in so many levels.

Monday, September 21, 2009 12:52 PM

Another Stupid Idea

It's things like this that make people resent environmentalists. They use guilt more than a Jewish mother. As someone who has lived without a car for over a year I can tell you it is no easy change, grocery shopping is a major hassle if you have to depend on a bus and there are many places you simply cannot get to unless you have a friend drive you there (and by so doing, rape the environment). I do live in a city, but unless you live in Midtown Manhattan or Downtown Boston, there are many things you cannot walk to, and public transportation is not very adequate, and very rarely designed for people carrying large packages.

Monday, August 31, 2009 06:28 PM

In what context?

Are we talking about calling a person a cunt or refering to a vagina as a cunt? Just like the word "fat", there can be power in using the word to describe yourself but as far as anyone else, you need to be real careful. Now calling a vagina a cunt, if I were heterosexual, I don't see how I could get all horny about something called a pussy or twat, the word "cunt" sounds much sexier.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 09:43 AM

It goes both ways

I don't think you can lay this squarely on women wanting to be "fashionable". Gay men often seek out straight women because they want a relationship that doesn't involve sexuality. Many gay men don't feel comfortable around straight men, and lesbians are mostly are content to have relationships with women, gay or straight. Very likely, a straight woman is also seeking a male friend where there is a guarantee that there will be no sex involved.

I will mention, before I came out, my closest friends were female, something very typical. After I did, however, my friends were exclusively gay men. As I grew older, I widened my circle of friends to include both men and women, gay and straight.

Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:41 AM

So let me get this straight...

What you want is for men to be as obsessed with their weight as women are? You really think that will make this a better world?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:56 PM
Original article: Oops, he did it again

Subtext...

Whatever feelings Limbaugh may be harboring deep in his psyche, I think it's more important to point out that this is his subtle way of spewing out homophobia. And he's doing it in a way, that pointing it out publicly will only make someone look bad. Clearly he's playing on the homosexual panic of the low-brow American male, who make up a considerable portion of his listeners.

Thursday, August 6, 2009 08:35 AM

Human Sacrifice

We 21st Century Americans are appauled by the idea of human sacrifice. The fact is that most of the victims went to their deaths willingly, probably assured of a wonderful afterlife. Now that freaks us out even more, I know. I would imagine these civilizations, if they learned of things like the millions of death due to war, genocide, and religious and political persecutions might think we are the savage barbarians.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 09:18 AM
Original article: How cooking makes you a man

Raw meat

I'm wondering when he says it is very difficult to subsist on a raw diet, if this has to do with eliminating animal products. Almost all animal products we eat, including milk, are cooked to destroy pathogens, but humans are prefectly able to digest raw meat, eggs and milk. The fact is, aside from animal products, the vast majority of food energy comes from simple carbohydrates like grains which are not very palatable without cooking.

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