Sexual Orientation
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, March 21 2005 16:18
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im wondering: what do you concider yourself? and are you offended by people using slang terms for homosexuals as insults? i can't mention any bc I risk getting banned just postign dictionary deffenitions. (for the unnkowing newbies, it has happened and almost threw us into Civil War) editL typo check [ Monday, March 21, 2005 16:18: Message edited by: High Lord Sylak ] Poll Information This poll contains 2 question(s). 70 user(s) have voted. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=crWffTOJvdzp"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=crWffTOJvdzp"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window   -------------------- -Sylak Proud Member of the Church of Devine Luchere Posts: 319 | Registered: Tuesday, May 14 2002 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Monday, March 21 2005 18:17
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Being straight myself, I find it hard to determine whether or not slang terms are offensive. I would imagine that they would be to a degree, but then again I've never been one to take offense to words. So quit this gay stuff, flamer. This whole topic is so queer. -------------------- The critics agree! Demonslayer is "a five star hit!" raves TIMES Weekly! "I've never heard such thoughtful comments. This man is a genious!" says two-time Nobel Prize winning physicist Erwin Rasputin! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, March 21 2005 18:24
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I find homophobic slurs, explicit or implicit, offensive. Words both express and shape the way we think, and I for one do not like that way of thinking. I'm heterosexual, for the record, but that doesn't mean I don't care. I've had the slurs applicable to me thrown around enough, jokingly and seriously, to be sensitive to others'. That said, there is such a think as over-sensitivity. The events around April '02 on Spiderweb were a perfect example of that. There is a right way to respond to slurs and a wrong way, and shock and awe usually isn't the right way. —Alorael, who finds the edit highly amusing. He'll leave it to you to discern why. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, March 21 2005 19:05
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Im straight though lez action is cool. Oh and I say things are gay all the time. It isn't even about gay people anymore. For example having a final exam moved to another day at the last minute would be gay. Personally I could care less about who's homosexual metero trans Bi hetero or not. [ Monday, March 21, 2005 19:06: Message edited by: VCH ] -------------------- I stop rubber at 160km/h, five times a week. CANUCKS RESPEK! My Style The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Master
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written Monday, March 21 2005 19:53
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If somebody gets trolled by the first reply, I will laugh. Heterosexual/Nay -------------------- Polaris - Weather balloons, ninjas, and your big daddy Wise Man. What more could you want? Undead Theories - Don't Ask, Don't Tell Posts: 3323 | Registered: Thursday, April 25 2002 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, March 21 2005 20:05
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^ :P Also not bothered by words, Heterosexual/Nay -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Monday, March 21 2005 20:11
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General has really turned into Controversy Central today. We've got Homosexuality, Abortion, Euthenasia, and Creation/Evolution all going at once. All we need is the Mac/PC debate to flare up, add something about animal rights, and we'll be set! :P -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Monday, March 21 2005 22:39
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I prefer the women and I'm planning a career out of the slurs. -------------------- The biggest, the baddest, and the fattest. Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, March 21 2005 23:38
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I am straight and am all to happy for all these gay jokes to happen. I use them myself. Just wondering, out of the four that put down homosexual, how many of them were female? -------------------- When you think you can't get any lower in life and hit rock bottom, God hands you a shovel. Following the rights movements You clamped on with your iron fists drugs being conviently available for all the kids Minor drug offenders fill your prisons You don't even flinch All our takes paying For your wars against the new non rich Posts: 615 | Registered: Friday, May 3 2002 07:00 |
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...b10010b...
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written Monday, March 21 2005 23:53
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quote:I know what's going through your head, so be advised that even if you do manage to set two of them up with each other, they're not going to show you any pictures afterwards. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, March 21 2005 23:59
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I don't care about photos, and I am not attempting to hook them up, I was just curious. My real strange way of explaining my orientation: I am a lesbian trapped in a mans body. Some random crap I made up on the spot a few weeks ago. -------------------- When you think you can't get any lower in life and hit rock bottom, God hands you a shovel. Following the rights movements You clamped on with your iron fists drugs being conviently available for all the kids Minor drug offenders fill your prisons You don't even flinch All our takes paying For your wars against the new non rich Posts: 615 | Registered: Friday, May 3 2002 07:00 |
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...b10010b...
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 00:07
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So basically you're a guy with a greater than normal fondness for wearable marital aids? -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 02:56
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Depends on the terms used, and the tone. Words are vessels; they mean what you make them mean. That said, the less well the person saying it and the person hearing it know each other, and the less channels of communication they are using, the greater is the risk of it being understood in another way than the person saying it was using the term. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 07:45
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quote:I doubt he would need pictures. He's probably already there. -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 09:20
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quote:Allow me to assure you that as a man you are in no way shape or form a lesbian. There's a lot more to it than liking girls. ;) -------------------- "Take a chance and make friends with the reaper..." "The reaper follows me wherever I go, for I've tied him to my ankle." -DarkFyre the Pirate Posts: 174 | Registered: Wednesday, December 5 2001 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 09:33
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I, too, find the edit highly amusing. Homosexual/Aye. -------------------- —Zxquez Zolohahni I eat blueberries in pie square. Xerch'de/Rate. I miss you, but I haven't met you yet. So special, but it hasn't happened yet. Posts: 549 | Registered: Thursday, October 17 2002 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 09:42
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there's also more to love than just homo or heterosexual love? What about animal love? How come no one makes derrogatory slurs about how i love my hamster inappropriately? nay, i say! Posts: 27 | Registered: Thursday, February 24 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 10:00
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None of the above/Aye I deal with people on a case by case basis, I don't make judgements on gender. Well, let me put it this way, I guess. If someone says something that is meant to be non-offensive, no matter how it is phrased, then it should be taken that way. If however, someone says something that is meant to be offensive and uses homosexual terms to do so, then that is not only offensive, but is displaying great quantities of ignorance. -------------------- Aut Tace Aut Loquere Meliora Silencio Posts: 1487 | Registered: Sunday, February 10 2002 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 10:41
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Heterosexual/Nay. But I'd never really fault a homosexual for being offended by slurs. I'm rather insensitive to insults as a rule, and as such am not bothered by the rare person that'll address me as "dot-head" or whatever else. I've been guilty at times of expecting all others to be just as invulnerable to words, and judging those that are quick to offense as hotheads, but nowadays I feel that a little understanding for the feelings of others would not be remiss. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 10:50
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quote:You love your hamster inappropriately? :P Sorry I couldn't resist, I know you didn't mean it that way -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 11:38
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Heterosexual/Aye Words are words, but people using words in an arrogant or ignorant way(like someone calling a card game they are unfamiliar and uninterested in gay. I have to put up with that very often :mad: )is what makes me angry. I feel like getting a flamethrower, burning them, and then spreading their ashes in the wind. But that's the crazy part speaking (It would still be satisfying). It's not the insult itself, but the associating of difference with bad. -------------------- *Blue screen error* NONEXISTANT WINDOWS ERROR Windows detects no current errors, so Windows has decided to screw around with the files until one occurs. If you never rise against your oppressor, then you've already lost. -Zephyr Tempest, your personal entertainer Posts: 1779 | Registered: Monday, December 9 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 12:17
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Personally, I prefer to sleep with rye toast, it is better than toasted crumpets or wonder bread toast. I am into butter, jam, and honey. I especially like honey. -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 12:27
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quote:Oversensitivity is right, however, ther dose ocme a point wheres its very annoying. And thanks for pointing that out... thats really funny that i did that :P -------------------- -Sylak Proud Member of the Church of Devine Luchere Posts: 319 | Registered: Tuesday, May 14 2002 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 12:27
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quote:What other way could I have meant it? - Fringy, who thought he clearly stated that he has sex with his hamster (that is to say, if he heven had a hamster) Posts: 27 | Registered: Thursday, February 24 2005 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, March 22 2005 12:38
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heterosexual/aye. When it's truely used as an insult, yes. It has nothing to do with offending individuals. It's probably in your bests interests not to offend the folks around you, but that's up to you. It has to do with making the equation "homosexual=negative" widespread, common, accepted, etc. (There's a wide range that the "negative" in there means.) Especially without many people people being aware of this equation, even as they promote it and deny they promote it. That being said there are many people who use slang for homosexuals (that are often insults) ironically, use a parody of it, or otherwise commicate it in a way that isn't this equation. That, I have no problem with. [ Tuesday, March 22, 2005 12:41: Message edited by: Demented Munster ] -------------------- Sandwichs and Apples. Posts: 19 | Registered: Tuesday, May 20 2003 07:00 |
