Yes Virginia, there are gay astonauts

PLEEEEZE!!!! enough already. there are now and there certainly were
back in the old days; plenty of gay astronauts. We gay men cannot just
prance around a military base and proclaim to the world what it is we
like, and what it is we do. Don't be prejudice. We face enough
discrimination. We are proud of who we are and what we do for our
country and our country should be proud of us.

"Jon Young" wrote in message
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We are proud of who we are and what we do for our
country and our country should be proud of us.

Fine- but that *doesn't* mean that I have to be proud of you *because you
are gay*. I should be proud and supportive of my country's soldiers *because
they are soldiers*.

The University of Florida has an exceptionally vocal gay community; while on
campus one day during a rally, I was informed by one fellow that I had to
respect him *because he was gay*. He almost got decked, not because he was
gay, but because he insisted on getting in my face. If I choose to respect
him, *I* get to choose the reason why. I choose not to respect someone
simply because he or she is straight or gay.

To end this particular thread, let's not forget that Hitler was straight,
that picture of him in Eva Braun's bra and panties notwithstanding.

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To end this particular thread, let's not forget that Hitler was straight,
that picture of him in Eva Braun's bra and panties notwithstanding.

Scott, I'm surprised at you. Transvestitism is wholly unassociated with
homosexuality. According to studies I've seen, almost all transvestites
are, in fact, heterosexual. The "popular notion" to the contrary has
just about as much fact behind it as do the Moon Hoax conspiracy
theories...

(Now watch while a lot of people with no noticeable intelligence accuse
me of being a transvestite *and* a homosexual, when neither is the
case... *sigh*...)

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"Doug... for himself" wrote in message
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Transvestitism is wholly unassociated with
homosexuality.

Right. So, what's your point? You clearly missed mine, which was, by
invoking Hitler, a declaration that this thread was officially over.
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"Doug... for himself" wrote in message
news:MPG.1a032cd0f6930cc3989691@news-
(Now watch while a lot of people with no noticeable intelligence accuse
me of being a transvestite *and* a homosexual, when neither is the
case... *sigh*...)

So you mean that should be an OR in there? :-)



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In article ,
says...
"Doug... for himself" wrote in message
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Transvestitism is wholly unassociated with
homosexuality.

Right. So, what's your point? You clearly missed mine, which was, by
invoking Hitler, a declaration that this thread was officially over.

You just seemed to be confusing the two things (transvestitism and
homosexuality), like many people do -- I was just providing
clarification. Note that it's not as effective as it could be, ending a
thread by making an arguable statement. It invites further comment.

And while you know and I know that an invocation of Hitler is an official
declaration of the end of a thread, more often than not I've found that
trolls and net.kooks ignore that particular Usenet convention...

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In article , "Greg D. Moore
\(Strider\)" says...

"Doug... for himself" wrote in message
news:MPG.1a032cd0f6930cc3989691@news-
(Now watch while a lot of people with no noticeable intelligence accuse
me of being a transvestite *and* a homosexual, when neither is the
case... *sigh*...)

So you mean that should be an OR in there? :-)

If this is going to degenerate into a discussion of AND/OR statements, it
probably ought to be moved to an alt.comp newsgroup of some sort...
*grin*...

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"Doug... for himself" wrote in message
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You just seemed to be confusing the two things (transvestitism and
homosexuality),

Never, but I do believe it explains part of the difference between men and
women. Women get to wear soft silky panties on their nether parts, while men
get to wear hard scratchy briefs. Women would be more aggressive as well if
they stuffed sandpaper in their panties.
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In article , Scott Hedrick wrote:
"Doug... for himself" wrote in message
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You just seemed to be confusing the two things (transvestitism and
homosexuality),

Never, but I do believe it explains part of the difference between men and
women. Women get to wear soft silky panties on their nether parts, while men
get to wear hard scratchy briefs. Women would be more aggressive as well if
they stuffed sandpaper in their panties.

You might want to use less starch...

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