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From: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: Signs for "Gay"
Message-ID: <1102@mit-vax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 21:32:40 EST
Article-I.D.: mit-vax.1102
Posted: Thu Nov  7 21:32:40 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 15:20:27 EST
References: <131@ingres.ARPA> <1592@bbncca.ARPA> <375@faron.UUCP> <692@ucsfcgl.UUCP> <1373@mtgzz.UUCP>
Reply-To: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe)
Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA
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Summary: 

In article <1373@mtgzz.UUCP> ecl@mtgzz.UUCP (e.c.leeper) writes:
>No, THE FOREVER WAR was by Joe Haldeman.  And (as an aside) the main character
>when dropped into a world he isn't used to, turns out to be a bit of a
>homophobe himself.

Heldeman seems to be a bit of a homophobe himself. When asked about his 
handling of homosexuals in "Forever War", he responded (in a tounge-in-cheek
offended tone),"I've never handled a homosexual in my life!"

This was followed by the standard, "I've got nothing against homosexuals or
anything" line. I don't know, he seems a bit conservative to me.



-- 
-Charles