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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (33101)	10/15/2001 8:02:14 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 82486

I not sure why anyone is "forced to bear it." What the hell does my opinion about someone else's sexuality really mean anyway? I was in the military and there were gay men (not one openly). One guy I knew was apparently bi and made the mistake of propositioning someone I knew when drunk. This story made its way around the squadron and his explanation was that "he was really drunk at the time." I've been drunk (really, really drunk) and never made same-sex advances. However, our culture makes this guy deny his sexuality. Is it fair? Absolutely not. But organizations like the military are slow to change and it will be years (if not decades) before his advance would be rejected with a polite but firm "no". My personal experience was with a submariner whom I though was just friendly. I was kind of naieve back then, and had he been able to discuss with me his orientation openly, I wouldn't have wasted his time by thinking he was just looking for platonic friendship. That's not what he wanted. I would have liked to clear up the intentions from the get-go. To me, the net result was just awkward and inconvenient. If he said, "I'm gay and miss being in a relationship." I could have taken my cue and said, "Well I hope you find someone. I'm straight and I miss being in a relationship too." End of scene. If he still wanted to be my friend, now we're good to go.

To: Lane3 who wrote (33101)	10/15/2001 8:04:30 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Respond to of 82486

Karen, I wish I could find something to argue about with your post, but I just can't. Maybe it's because the Yankee game is about to start, and I'm just not concentrating enough. In the spirit of your post, I think it it is tremendous lift for New York City to have had the Yanks come back from the dead in this series. Even if they were to lose tonight, and I do not admit the possibility, they still will have brought another measure of honor to that great metropolis. Watch the game and celebrate with me!! JC