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From: dyer@wivax.UUCP (Stephen Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: A reminder
Message-ID: <19669@wivax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 24-Jun-84 00:00:30 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 24 00:00:30 1984
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Prentiss, it's good to remind people that net.motss wasn't made to perpetuate
the argument originated in September 1983 in 'net.singles' about the goodness/
badness/naturalness/unnaturalness of homosexuality.

I would say one thing, though.  I made that comment explicit in the first
posting to 'net.motss' so that the articles which would come in wouldn't
be limited to just this topic, which ultimately is pretty boring and
self-limiting, much like the abortion issue, and there are so many more
interesting issues to discuss.

On the other hand, it is occasionally useful to serve as an educational
vehicle.  For example, I am eager to respond to Mark Terribile's questions
posed as a straight man struggling to understand just what a gay person's
experience is like (if one could ever speak for more than oneself.)
And, I wouldn't mind going just a few rounds with Paul Dubuc on issues
of morality, since I am as unconvinced of the moral arguments against
homosexuality as he seems to be convinced.

So, just speaking for myself, I don't want to rule out any subject in
particular, but it may be necessary to declare a discussion dead if
all the issues have been aired and people start repeating themselves,
with no additional light, but lots of flames.  Thankfully, a discussion
usually peters out under its own dead weight before anyone has to do this.

I am glad to see the presence of straight people with questions.
As I said before, I don't want this group to become a ghetto.
-- 
/Steve Dyer
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