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Yeah,I'm not gay but I do have some gay friends and this line was even making me uncomfortable.However the three paramedic lesbiens that live next door thought the whole thread was hilarious. Jeff Kim Flint wrote: > Yes, I totally agree. What started as rather warm and light-hearted > complaints about people we care about has frequently devolved into > uncomfortable stereotypes that don't belong here. Same goes for the gay > thing. I probably provoked both threads for a moment of levity, although >I > certainly didn't expect them to drag on this long. Nor did I expect them >to > become offensive, so I apologize for the list to anybody who was bothered > by it. Once again, let's move on. > > And thanks for speaking up Corynne. Feel free to kick butt anytime. :-) > > kim > > At 5:20 PM -0700 8/11/97, Goddess wrote: > > You know, it's really making me uncomfortable to be present on this >list > >when all I'm hearing lately is "my girl friend does or doesn't do >this", or > >the implication that all women love Tori or something like "yuck! girl > >germs!". This type of thing is really getting irritating. Did it ever > >occur to those of you who are complaining about your partners to a >mailing > >list of people across the world who you don't even know, to get to know >the > >people whom you're dating before you started dating them? If these >issues > >are really as important to you as you've been saying, then you might > >consider doing something about it. The fact that I am a woman doesn't >stop > >me from liking or performing many different types of music and creative > >expression. I enjoy music which I think is music of quality, whether >it is > >in a major or minor key, in an "odd" time signature and so on... Many >of > >my close friends like very similar music and art... We do exist! we >are > >out here! we are quite a bit more plentiful than you think... > > > >Now, since I was hoping that this thread was pretty much on it's way out > >and because I favor Kim's suggestion to leave this and move on to the > >"future loop music" topic, I'll not speak on this again unless someone > >addresses me personally. > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Corynne > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html > http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com