From: s0xjg@exnet.co.uk (Xavier Gallagher)
Subject: Re: YOU gotta rreeeallll purrrty Mouth (Re: how do you like my postscript)
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Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 02:18:15 GMT

In article <23DEC199202153507@zeus.tamu.edu> olw7845@zeus.tamu.edu (Zeke E. Pez) writes:
>In article <1gr4q8INNff4@gaia.ucs.orst.edu>, henrya@ucs.orst.edu 
>(Jean-Luc Picard) writes...
>
>
>>I'm a heterosexual sympathetic to the homosexual movement, but gee-whiz people,
>>your giving this Zeekster guy exactly what he wants - attention.  He's no
>>different from a child trying to get people to notice him by putting on a 
>>display he knows will anger people.  Now that we all know that, treat


>
>     Let us put this man's argument in a different perspective and see how
>     open-minded his above statement really is:
>
>     *****************************
>     Let us replace any reference to ME (THE ZEKESTER), with the word *HOMO*!
>     *****************************
>
>I'm a heterosexual sympathetic to the homosexual movement, but gee-whiz people,
>your giving this *HOMO* guy exactly what he wants - attention.  He's no
>different from a *HOMO* trying to get people to notice him by putting on a 
>display he knows will anger people.  Now that we all know that, treat him

Dear Zeek.

A classic trick which I have used many times to expose how fashion
dict}iates what insults are 'ok' and what ones are not.  Unfortunately
for you in this case many people (by no means all) *GROW UP*.  It
is a process called 'maturing'.  It has nothing to do with sexuality, it
has a lot to do with doing to others as you would be done by.  

The fact that you seem to be an immature person is not comparable to
being gay.  If you are immature and ignorant despite exposure to
life then that could easily be seen as wilful wickedness.  A matter
of choice.  It could even be demonstrated how your attitude is the 
result of a deep seated neurotic fear of your own sex, one that can
be identified and fixed.  In not seaking out this fix you are stating
that you prefer to be sick  rather than well.

Such a choice does not always seem present to gay men and lesbians,
the sexdrive being so much more *basic* than experience.

But I digress.  No one has said that you should be beaten, shot, 
sent to concentration camps or punished.  But,, lets be reasonable,
no one asks a 2 month old baby to talk about  aardvark'  so
why should anyone ask to hear the opinion of a clever but immature
male about complex issues like love and sex?  You are just not qualified
to speak on the subject.  

I do look forward to your future postings.  I just hope to see some
evidence that you are using your mind to actually grapple with
the issues being presented.  Using your mind just to shore up pre-
concieved notions is a very strong temptation, one I hope to see
you over come.

Xave.

ps. isn't your signature a little bit big?

pps :-)
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