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Jean Claude Van Damme is creepy. And smarmy, and icky.
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filkertom, Message to the religious right - this isn't just about marriage, it's about history
I keep hearing all of this nonsense about us lgbts attacking people, about us using intimidation and violence to oppress people, about us somehow being ugly aggressors.
Newt Gingrich (who wrote the book on deceptive messaging during his tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives) actually accused us of being "secular fascists."
Gingrich's attack on us seem to be the prevailing theme with those on the other side of the Proposition 8 argument.
And I think there needs to be some historical perspective on this matter.
Absolutely worth the read.
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Viadafydd, The instant rimshot.
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And now, I happily close the onscreen keyboard and go back to typing on the real thing. Mondo thanks todarthgeek for bringing home a replacement.
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A few weeks ago, Sam and I were discussing computers, and I was telling her about my first computer lab, and then about my first computer. I explained that there was no mouse, no e-mail, no *colors* on the monitor (okay, black and yellow are colors, but y'all know what I mean). I basically had Word Perfect and a handfull of ASCI games. Oh, and Blockout. And, I was *very* happy with it all.
The child blinked at me and said "You didn't even have FIREFOX?!". I explained that not only did I not have firefox (nor did firefox actually exist yet), I didn't have a 'net connection nor did most people *and* my computer was a major hand-me-down which wouldn't run Windows 3.5.
I'm *still* not sure she believes me. ;)
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filkertom, Message to the religious right - this isn't just about marriage, it's about historyI keep hearing all of this nonsense about us lgbts attacking people, about us using intimidation and violence to oppress people, about us somehow being ugly aggressors.
Newt Gingrich (who wrote the book on deceptive messaging during his tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives) actually accused us of being "secular fascists."
Gingrich's attack on us seem to be the prevailing theme with those on the other side of the Proposition 8 argument.
And I think there needs to be some historical perspective on this matter.
Absolutely worth the read.
~~~
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dafydd, The instant rimshot.~~~
And now, I happily close the onscreen keyboard and go back to typing on the real thing. Mondo thanks to
darthgeek for bringing home a replacement.~~~
A few weeks ago, Sam and I were discussing computers, and I was telling her about my first computer lab, and then about my first computer. I explained that there was no mouse, no e-mail, no *colors* on the monitor (okay, black and yellow are colors, but y'all know what I mean). I basically had Word Perfect and a handfull of ASCI games. Oh, and Blockout. And, I was *very* happy with it all.
The child blinked at me and said "You didn't even have FIREFOX?!". I explained that not only did I not have firefox (nor did firefox actually exist yet), I didn't have a 'net connection nor did most people *and* my computer was a major hand-me-down which wouldn't run Windows 3.5.
I'm *still* not sure she believes me. ;)