From: mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran)
Subject: Re: An argument for better sex ed
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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 04:31:39 GMT

In article <C0rrLH.965.1@cs.cmu.edu> garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
>In article <1993Jan9.001102.13321@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
>#In article <1993Jan8.221756.6725@ncsu.edu> dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
>##In article <1993Jan8.215745.19274@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> 
>##mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
>###dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
>####mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
>##
>##### She is now claiming that Ms. Garvin is a lesbian.
>#####
>##### Now, I don't know if this is true, since (contrary to what
>##### PHoney claims) I don't know Ms. Garvin at all, except from her posts
>##### here. But if it's not, I'd say we've got a fine case of libel going on
>##### here...
>
>I do have one question - if I were a lesbian, as Suzanne implied,
>shouldn't I know what the "teaspoon method" is?  I've never heard
>of such a thing.  I've heard about turkey-baster babies, but
>nothing about teaspoons.
>
I suppose it's pretty much the same thing, except the turke-baster is
more phallic. ;)

>#### What do you find libelous about falsely labeling someone as being
>#### a lesbian?  Do you believe there's something wrong with someone 
>#### who's a lesbian, Cochran?  
>##
>### Here's a definition for you:
>### A written or oral defamatory statement or reprensentation that conveys
>### an unjust or unfavorable impression.
>###
>### I have no problem with homosexuality in any of it's various forms
>### DODie, but society often does. Given that, making false 
>### accusations about ones sexuality may easily be seen as libel.
>##
>##So you were helping to perpetuate the bigoted notion that 
>##homosexuality carries an unfavorable impression.  Thanks 
>##for clearing that up.
>##
>#No DODie, this is just another example of you being the *only* one
>#incapable of understanding what was written. Don't try to balme your
>#warped perspective on me.
>
>Oh, DODie's just recycling one of his old attempts at argument,
>Mark.  He's used it before.  (Of course, DODie has compared
>homosexuality to cannabilism before, too, so I wonder if he does
>really think that there's nothing wrong with it or if he's just
>desperate, as usual.  I know he's too cowardly to post his real
>views, of course.)
>
He's probably confused by the sexual connotations of the phrase "eat
me"...
It's rather amusing though, that he accuses me of having a problem
with homosexuals. It would be very nearly as silly as accusing Keith
of being a homophobe, don't you think?

>I'm sure Suzanne was just joking, anyway.  That's always her excuse.
>I wonder if she shares these little jokes with her confessor.
>
If she does, I bet she has to replace those worn out rosary beads
pretty often...

>#BTW, I repaired the damage you did to my original words up there.
>
>It sure makes following him up a pain, doesn't it?
>
Sure does. If he wasn't so laughable, he'd be pathetic.

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