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From: dyer@wivax.UUCP (Stephen Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: The "gay" discussion
Message-ID: <19622@wivax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 15-Jun-84 01:21:55 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 15 01:21:55 1984
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This is a metacomment on Sophie's comment.  Let me clarify the purpose
of net.motss.  It is most emphatically NOT "for gay people to have
their own little space where they didn't have to be constantly on
the defensive because of their sexual orientation."  That is, net.motss
is *NOT* a net.woman.only type of newsgroup.  It is open to all people
regardless of their sexual orientation for rational discussion of gay
issues.  Questions of the type "is homosexuality good/bad" were explicitly
ruled out, mainly for the reason that such discussions are pointless and
engender only rancor.  I do *NOT* want to see net.motss become a ghetto,
however comfortable, for gay people, and for that matter, I do not
want to see the mention of gay topics limited only to net.motss when
they are appropriate for mention in other newsgroups.

And finally, for those who are complaining about the recent "arguing"
going on, I don't see it as an argument at all, for there is truly
nothing to argue about.  The gay people who have spoken up have spoken
up not to argue, but to express their displeasure at being publically
castigated as inferior.  To take issue with this publically is NOT
to try to argue some non-existent point, but to speak out and inform
those who have made such statements that they will not be taken lightly
AND that they will be disputed if such are made publically again.
-- 
/Steve Dyer
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