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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian

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To: Master (Hijacked) who wrote (8805)	7/18/2000 11:27:45 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) of 9127

I know all about what happened to the bright kid. I was the bright kid, and I got my share, especially since I'd been bounced a few grades and was much younger than any of my peers. Any kid who deviated slightly from the norm took their share of abuse, but the gay kid got it worse than the rest of us combined. I'm not suggesting that any laws are required, just trying to look a little more closely at the sources of some of the perceptions involved in both the push for hate crime laws and outreach programs for gay youth. I'm not necessarily in favor of these things, or at least of the way they are handled, but it seems to me that an understanding of the motives involved is an essential component of any attempt to discuss these matters productively. Similarly, the gay activists need to understand that the conventional parents are not a bunch of gay-bashing homophobes, but parents legitimately concerned with the possibility that some materials and methods may be inappropriate for their children. Both sides, I think, will be best served if everyone keeps clam and acknowledges the possibility that the other side has valid concerns.

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