The issue is respect. Gruss apparently believed I might be embarrassed or offended by a reference to gay sex, so he dropped it in there as a schoolyard taunt. The effectiveness of the taunt is tied to the traditional concept of male virility and the notion that someone who engages in gay sex is less than a man. I don't subscribe to that notion, so for me the taunt is meaningless, but it is yet another reminder for gay people that society at large regards their behavior as worthy of embarrassment and scorn, whatever lip service is paid to "gay rights".
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Michael G wrote: > > Gruss used the idea of sodomy as an insult. > > So we have to add sodomy to the list of political correctness? Gay and > lesbian rights is one thing, but c'mon... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285876 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
