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From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
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Subject: Re: faggots and dykes
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Date: Thu, 21-Jun-84 22:41:04 EDT
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Well, emily post dictates a cooling-off period before certain followups.
I think a week was enough.

Let me extract the rational portion of harpo!jrl's by now infamous
posting.  The premise from which it follows seems to be:

	Axiom:	Behavior which tends to propagate genes is GOOD;
		behavior which diminshes the propagation is BAD.

Hence the conclusion follows that homosexuality is BAD.  Some other
conclusions are:

	Childlessness is BAD, even for heterosexuals.

	Enormous families are VERY GOOD, especially if you can draw on the
	resources of others to keep them alive.  For example, put them on
	welfare or give them away for adoption.

	The true paragons of VERY VERY GOOD behavior are habitual rapists.

Please don't think that I accept the "axiom", but I will not put a humor
marker on this.  The arch-conservatism exemplified by jrl is nothing to
laugh at.
			Matt Crawford