The fact remains: gay people -- genuinely gay people -- have made an inordinant contribution to philosophy, the arts, science and culture in generally. But keep trying to somehow link that to pederastry. Maybe somebody will take the bait.
I am not "somehow linking" anything. I addressed the ancient Greeks on the list of homosexuals more accurately as pedophiles. You claimed that I was "parsing gayness". This implies that you see no difference. I was not inventing anything, or falsely linking anything. I was defending homosexuality in this instance because I do not lump them together. But keep backpedaling... this is kind of fun to watch.
Keep parsing. The rest of us know the record -- gay people have made an inordinant, a disproportionate contribution to civilization.
I don't believe that I argued that gays have not contributed. I simply distinguished between homosexuals, and pedophiles. You again lump them together by accusing me of "parsing" them from each other. They aren't the same you know... very very different animals. You CAN lump them together... a lot of people do, I am just not one of them. I will continue to "parse" homosexuals from child molesters. It is an interesting and somewhat disturbing insight to your beliefs however.
I do not care if he is homosexual, I just get tired of everyone trying to make this normal behavior. It is not normal, so why does the other 99% of the population have to put up with this abnormal behavior.
It is the land of the free, but why do you have to push it into my face all the time, i dont care that you like the same sex.
Well, I don't give a (*)(*)(*)(*) if you and others happen to like the opposite sex - why do you have to shove it in MY face?
I watched the video, and I agree. I didn't hear a lot of boos, maybe just two at the most and a jeer. It didn't seem as if the entire audience was disapproving.
I'm sure a lot of gays think straight couples are icky too. Get on their case for a while. People would have a lot less problems with gays if they gays didn't think it was their mission in life to broadcast and scream their lifestyle in every conceivable way. Nobody cares. Go about your business, and we'll do the same.
That might be possible if we didn't have so many stupid arguments out there trying to ban gays from serving their country if anyone rats you out, or if we had the same partner benefits as hetero couples. *And please note I am NOT talking about marriage, I am talking about civil unions. Marriages should be left up to the CHURCH. As for the broadcasting, that's a small majority, most of the gay people I know are professionals. All we want is to have the same advantages and disadvantages that anyone else has.
If you did it during Bush you were "a'gin us", remember that pile of conzi hypocrisy? They might not be called that, but yes, there are parades and holidays all thru the year, mainly for us straights. Ever hear of a gay Santa, Easter Bunny, Jack-O-Lantern, Macy balloon, Rose Parade float? And there probably are, but few would celebrate it. They've died for you in wars and on the streets, that's not enuf to just ignore them if you don't like them? Every conzi debate has had scum rooting wildly for something incredibly bad, and none of the con-didates had the balls to even call them on it until Santorum copped a lie about not hearing the loud shouts, altho the legalization of heroin was by far the least offensive, but from that crowd of kooks?
The question isn't worth a clap but all this shows is how low liberals will stoop to make an issue and that they will use anyone they can.. Lying has never been a problem for liberals and keeps them in business. We all know that the vast majority of male *********s are liberals so I'm guessing you see this as a liberal problem, too.
...or commies, blacks, Muslims, Mexicans, Democrats-right Dware? I reckon it's time to step out of the closet, embrace your sexuality and admit to yourself and the world that you are actually rather fond of men...I've seen this kind of denial all too often
'We'? Who is this 'we'? You and your fellow double-widers? http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=hi...tart=0&ndsp=11&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0&tx=76&ty=67
Paedophilia is something very differrent to the cultural norms of ancient Greece-and Rome for that matter. It was not considered 'unnatural', 'disgusting' or any other negative epithet, to take a same sex-lover. That is what you need to distinguish between; then and now.