Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site ahuta.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ahuta!ecl From: ecl@ahuta.UUCP (e.leeper) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Re: Jason On Hobbies Message-ID: <186@ahuta.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 13:42:40 EST Article-I.D.: ahuta.186 Posted: Mon Dec 10 13:42:40 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Dec-84 04:01:15 EST References: <148@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 24 REFERENCES: <148@decwrl.UUCP> I'd like to add my two-cents' worth (on sale for only 1 cent!): You are much less likely to find antagonism among people you share interests with. My particular hobby is science fiction, and it certainly seems that among science fiction fans, a person's lifestyle is far less of a barrier to friendship than, say, the fact that they think L. Ron Hubbard is a terrific author. (This may also be a function of science fiction fans being more open to "unconventional" ideas. Who knows?) If you have had difficulties with (for example) co-workers who have found out you are gay, don't extend this to everyone. You have nothing in common with your co-workers except your job, which is probably not their main interest. People who know you because of your interests, however, are too busy being interested in the same things you are to concentrate on superfluous things (like your gayness/their homophobia/whatever). BTW, this applies to anyone who feels they "don't fit in" to the mainstream of society, and hence feels defensive--whether because of race or religion or what have you. Evelyn C. Leeper ==> Note new net address: ...ihnp4!ahuta!ecl (Mail sent to my old address will be forwarded temporarily.)