Some people are gay...... get over it
29 February 2008, 07:48 PM
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Some people are gay...... get over it
Noticed this statement on a big billboard, as i drove home, apparently part of a campaign by Stonewall, the statement instantly made me think. "Most people are straight...now get over that".
What do i need to get over?? the fact that they are gay?, or the fact that they feel the need to tell me they are gay?
Do campaigns like this do any good or is it just blatant attention seeking, which if it was then it worked, it got my attention and got me to react in a way they probably weren't wanting.
What do i need to get over?? the fact that they are gay?, or the fact that they feel the need to tell me they are gay?
Do campaigns like this do any good or is it just blatant attention seeking, which if it was then it worked, it got my attention and got me to react in a way they probably weren't wanting.
29 February 2008, 08:33 PM
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29 February 2008, 09:12 PM
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If your style of life is such, then fair play.
BUT, I don't tell anyone I'm straight. I've never put an advert up saying so.
It's the extremist's that get on my nerves and let the genuine folk down IMO.
BUT, I don't tell anyone I'm straight. I've never put an advert up saying so.
It's the extremist's that get on my nerves and let the genuine folk down IMO.
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29 February 2008, 09:41 PM
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That B3ta post is great 
It's all just blatant attention seeking, same as all that gay pride crap - I couldn't give a crap what you want to ****, nothing to do with me, I don't need to know, and, quite frankly, I don't want to know. Sexuality is NOT an issue - but if you camp it up in front of me and talk about how you "just love" going to Elton John concerts.. I'm going to take the **** out of you. Now get over that.
It's all just blatant attention seeking, same as all that gay pride crap - I couldn't give a crap what you want to ****, nothing to do with me, I don't need to know, and, quite frankly, I don't want to know. Sexuality is NOT an issue - but if you camp it up in front of me and talk about how you "just love" going to Elton John concerts.. I'm going to take the **** out of you. Now get over that.
29 February 2008, 10:50 PM
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Be careful, if the BBC are representative of real life then half the people you meet are probably shirtlifters. Perhaps that's why the birthrate in this country is dropping, gayness is an airbourne virus caught when spending any time in close proximity to someone already infected. I can think of no other logical reason for homosexuality.
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It's funny but the more *laws* that are passed in this sort of area (the *hate* crimes - where you can't accuse anyone of being gay, married, fat, disabled, black, brown, etc) the more it creates friction where there was none. Left to their own devices people get along (there will always be some d!ckheads but we can deal with them). We'd be so much better off without them.
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Apparently there was a court case recently, where the verdict was that it ISN'T homophobic to abuse/take **** out of, a bloke you know is straight, by saying he is gay. Someone was offended by such behaviour and went to some tribunal type thing and lost. Not sure of exact details, I'll see if I can find it on t'interweb
29 February 2008, 10:59 PM
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal has, today, held that the Sexual Orientation Regulations 2003 do not prohibit homophobic banter against a heterosexual man who is known not to be gay.
The Claimant, who was heterosexual, was subjected to sexual innuendo by his colleagues to the effect that he was homosexual, even though they knew he was not. The 'joke' arose because he had (a) attended a boarding school and (b) lived in Brighton.
In English v Thomas Sanderson Blinds , HHJ Peter Clark held that the 2003 Sexual Orientation Regulations do not cover this form of 'homophobic banter'. He described the position as unsatisfactory and has given permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal.
The Claimant, who was heterosexual, was subjected to sexual innuendo by his colleagues to the effect that he was homosexual, even though they knew he was not. The 'joke' arose because he had (a) attended a boarding school and (b) lived in Brighton.
In English v Thomas Sanderson Blinds , HHJ Peter Clark held that the 2003 Sexual Orientation Regulations do not cover this form of 'homophobic banter'. He described the position as unsatisfactory and has given permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal.
29 February 2008, 11:25 PM
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One of my best pals is gay. Tell you what. He is gorgeous, smells good, looks good and is as mucky as they come 
Get over what. I have no problem with them, live and let live
Signs like that just need ignoring, where is that button
Get over what. I have no problem with them, live and let live
Signs like that just need ignoring, where is that button
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I can't be arsed with all this pc pish, It really grips ma ****!! so what if some guys are gay? if I put a poster up objecting it saying 'Some people are gay... go punch a poof today' it would get pelters... wtf is going wrong with this country, if their gay so be it, why try and drag up bad feeling with poster campaigns like that??? 
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They should also explain that if everyone went the way of the fairys, there wouldn't be anyone to teach!
And all this 'oh it's natural' crap makes me want to vommit.
It isn't natural, they shouldn't have the right to marry and yes, it is rather weird. Now get over that!
Not the most politically correct thing to say, but atleast i'm honest.
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Really?
They should also explain that if everyone went the way of the fairys, there wouldn't be anyone to teach!
And all this 'oh it's natural' crap makes me want to vommit.
It isn't natural, they shouldn't have the right to marry and yes, it is rather weird. Now get over that!
Not the most politically correct thing to say, but atleast i'm honest.
They should also explain that if everyone went the way of the fairys, there wouldn't be anyone to teach!
And all this 'oh it's natural' crap makes me want to vommit.
It isn't natural, they shouldn't have the right to marry and yes, it is rather weird. Now get over that!
Not the most politically correct thing to say, but atleast i'm honest.
Totally different country to what I grew up in, and I'm only 35. Can't say what you used to without it being ricidiously branded a 'hate crime'. It would be funny if it wasn't so utterly pathetic. Interestingly enough Chris, all the blokes I work with have the same attitude, so I'd assume most 'normal geezers' haven't been taken in by all this pc bs.
01 March 2008, 09:22 AM
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Some couple this week have been banned from fostering children, because they refused to sign something to say they approved of gays.
WTF relevance is that to fostering some kid who's stuck in a children's home. I bet these do gooders don't go in and tell the child "we had a loving couple lined up for you, but because they refuse to promote homosexuality you will have to stay in care"!
This country is seriously screwed up!
WTF relevance is that to fostering some kid who's stuck in a children's home. I bet these do gooders don't go in and tell the child "we had a loving couple lined up for you, but because they refuse to promote homosexuality you will have to stay in care"!
This country is seriously screwed up!