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From: root@allegra.UUCP (Allegra Staff)
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Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 03:05:06 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  6 03:05:06 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 6-Aug-84 07:01:27 EDT
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Well, I guess this means we won't hear the rest of Arndt's Navy
stories.  Too bad.  Too bad that so many people unraveled at the seams
when he posted trivial arguments against homosexuality.  Why the
insecurity?

First of all, considering how widely read net.motss is, there are very
few creeps.  So, don't waste energy stewing over hate mail like
Plunkett's latest.  If someone farts in public, do you think about the
bad smell for days and days?

What do people mean when they say that homosexuality is unnatural?  Do
they mean it is a recent fad like Punk Rock?  No, it is as old as
mankind.  Do they mean it has always been detested?  No, some societies
were quite casual about it.  I think what they really mean is "I don't
want anyone to be that different from me."

Are people homosexual just because they want to be?  I have rarely met
anyone who claimed such.  The first time I fell in love, it was with
another boy.  I didn't decide to do that for kicks.  It tore me apart
inside, just like it does when a boy falls in love with a girl.

So, why shouldn't I love another guy?  Why isn't it my right?  Because
it offends people who will never see us make love?  It is really
frightening to see how meaningless the word Freedom is to some people.
If there is one single answer to all the objections I have seen on
net.motss it is, MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS!

			Keep him away from water,
			Keep him out of the light,
			And never, never feed him after midnight,

			"Lance"