tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post8554240217933651266..comments2024-03-02T02:56:21.007+00:00Comments on ......SHOT BY BOTH SIDES: Season of goodwill to all menKerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377996092374137641noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-55365161807895091082008-12-23T08:11:00.000+00:002008-12-23T08:11:00.000+00:00Very sad what institutional celibacy does to the m...Very sad what institutional celibacy does to the mind, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-57854322710153155122008-12-23T00:23:00.000+00:002008-12-23T00:23:00.000+00:00Second bit? If you mean my reference to state pers...Second bit? If you mean my reference to state persecution of criticism of homosexuality, I meant that it is part of that same mindset. "Homophobia" is a mental disorder; it suggests that the person who holds the opinion has a mental problem that needs correcting. It's the pendulum swinging too far. So I'm suggesting the radical idea that neither of these things are a matter for correction by the self-appointed wise.<BR/><BR/>If you didn't mean that by the second bit, apologies for the incorrect answer :)Ian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436369802742523036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-11677688024715629542008-12-23T00:19:00.000+00:002008-12-23T00:19:00.000+00:00And the second bit?And the second bit?Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377996092374137641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-63367515010210831752008-12-23T00:06:00.000+00:002008-12-23T00:06:00.000+00:00You object to my view that homosexuality isn't a m...You object to my view that homosexuality isn't a matter for public concern? I'm sorry about that. I'm a bit of a geek, you see, and I've always felt this intense fury at what the state did to Alan Turing for being a bit gay. There ain't nowt more dangerous than people who want to cure other people for the common good, kind of thing.<BR/><BR/>They injected him with hormones, you know. For the good of society. A cautionary tale for our times, I think.Ian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436369802742523036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-67403831433815574672008-12-22T23:44:00.000+00:002008-12-22T23:44:00.000+00:00Ian B - welcome to planet earth. I'd love to visit...Ian B - welcome to planet earth. I'd love to visit your not-quite-parallel universe some time.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377996092374137641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-72347560746001415522008-12-22T23:41:00.000+00:002008-12-22T23:41:00.000+00:00The Pope has [...] compared homosexuality to globa...<I>The Pope has [...] compared homosexuality to global warming, in that they are doing the same damage to the human race.</I><BR/><BR/>They are, the quantity of damage in both cases being precisely zero.<BR/><BR/>Ah, it's funny how things change though. Forty years ago, being a bit gay was considered a serious mental disorder requiring persecution by the state, whereas now criticism of being a bit gay is considered a serious mental disorder requiring persecution by the state. We never do seem to find a happy medium in this country, do we?Ian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436369802742523036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-1471417342972229952008-12-22T21:23:00.000+00:002008-12-22T21:23:00.000+00:00And guess what OH decided to focus on in his respo...And guess what OH decided to focus on in his response to this? AIDS. <BR/><BR/>But not AIDS just anywhere - AIDS in Africa. And criticising DFID's support for AIDS programmes there. What a nasty, nasty piece of work he is.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and bofl - on your response to me on that other post. I will never post comments from people who think they're being big and clever by using 'amusing' names for the Prime Minister which reference his disability. It is really, really pathetic.<BR/><BR/>Looks like the season of goodwill is over boys.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377996092374137641noreply@blogger.com