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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (31197)	2/19/1999 9:55:00 AM
From: Rick Julian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I have to state that this whole discussion began with my posting the reference to the SF Chronicle article about Russian Roulette. MOst of my opinions were reacting to hyperpromiscuous gay males (admittedly a small subset of the larger community.) This behavior is not limited to gay males though, and I would make the same comments about heteros who practiced such a lifestyle--and there are many who do. My second point of emphasis was regarding teaching children about gay sex in school. I stand by my arguments about this, yet my argument extends beyond just "gay sex" and includes the detailing of ANY sexual practices beyond the basic mechanics of human reproduction. When kids become old enough, they can easily find bookshelves full of sexual manuals which detail the wide range of sexual expression among humans. I know I did. Notice I never commented about lesbianism. I don't know JS about that. In fact, I don't know JS about why gay people are gay, and apparently neither does anyone else. All in all, again and again, when I "go off" on a subject, I find myself, often for the very first time, exploring my opinions in a structured fashion--thinking about them and actually writing them down--a very different experience from extemporaneous discussion among friends and acquaintances. Sometimes when I reread posts I find myself saying "Damn, I didn't know I felt that way!" And sometimes "that way" isn't very attractive. My posting is part of my self-education--a mirror on my mind. It's clear to me I'm not the loving, gentle soul I aspire to be, but little by little my posts show me the rough edges that need to be smoothed, and hopefully someday they will be. A man's gotta see his problems before he can solve them. Cobalt, sometimes I am a "heck of a nice guy", and sometimes I'm a boorish opinionated big mouth. ALL the time I'm "just another brother in the 'hood"--just a human being struggling to make sense of his existence.