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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6036 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes  5 sounds | Message 50 of 56 20 May 2009 at 8:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
Nothing, it is a parasitic topic with no relevance whatsoever ;p. Paradoxically, it is these topics that become most popular. Edited by Sennin on 20 May 2009 at 9:06pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| customic Tetraglot Groupie PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5882 days ago 44 posts - 66 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Polish*, English, German, Turkish Studies: Arabic (Written), Persian | Message 51 of 56 20 May 2009 at 9:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
Perhaps it was meant to be a joke, but I find it hardly funny. If you really can't see the difference between two mature men or two mature women who decide to live together and pedophiles who abuse children, then I think you shouldn't enter any serious discussion. Edited by customic on 20 May 2009 at 9:11pm 10 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| MichaelJ Newbie United States Joined 5999 days ago 19 posts - 20 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 52 of 56 20 May 2009 at 9:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The post was not intended to be a joke. I was hoping to point out faulty logic by replacing words but keeping the same line of reasoning.
The topic of safty in target language countries is a legitimate one. Trying to normalize abnormal behavior is not. Posting such agenda's should not go unanswered otherwise it promotes a degeneration of society (IMO). But no matter what ones views on the topic, I hope we can all agree that personal safety should not be threatened. One should be aware of threats and how to minimize risks. - Peace - 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| customic Tetraglot Groupie PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5882 days ago 44 posts - 66 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Polish*, English, German, Turkish Studies: Arabic (Written), Persian | Message 53 of 56 20 May 2009 at 9:52pm | IP Logged | |||||
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And who, pray tell, are you to decide what kind of behaviour is normal and which is
not? Unfortunately, I don't see a relation between "degeneration of society", "threats and risks to the personal safety" and homosexuals. In my most honest opinion, you use words which convey no real meaning. I'm sorry, but I think it is the homophobia that is a mental illness, and not homosexuality. If there is a love between two men or two women, no one has the right to tell them what they should (not) do. Simply no one can tell two mature men or women who they should be in love with. 9 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| MichaelJ Newbie United States Joined 5999 days ago 19 posts - 20 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 54 of 56 20 May 2009 at 10:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
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You have every right to your opinion. These opinions have nothing to do with language learning. However, if they are brought up, they may very well be challenged with an opposing view.
The relationship between personal safety in target language countries and homosexuality was the point of this whole thread. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| pmiller Account terminated Groupie Canada Joined 5676 days ago 99 posts - 104 votes Speaks: English* | Message 55 of 56 21 May 2009 at 12:46am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'd just like to point out that I wasn't the one who "brought up" the topic.
Someone posted that he "didn't agree with" homosexuality, in spite of the OP pointing out in the very first post that this isn't a place to discuss whether you agree or disagree with it. I was responding to that person. I'm not gay myself, and I certainly don't have any "agenda" to cause "social degeneration" (whatever that is) or promote homosexuality (as if that were even possible - jeez!). Even gay people who want to heterosexual aren't able to make that change, so I don't know how some people think that more and more people are going to "become gay" if society fights bigotry and promotes tolerance of homosexuals. To promote hatred by arguing that gays are "abnormal and a threat to society" and then say that their "personal safety should not be threatened" just sounds disingenuous to me. Why do you think gay people have to fear for their safety in the first place? It's because views like these (as well as the Torah, Bible and Koran) legitimate hatred and violence against them. Edited by pmiller on 21 May 2009 at 12:48am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 56 of 56 21 May 2009 at 12:53am | IP Logged | |||||
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This thread has gone too far off-topic. Feel free to discuss language learning issues in this forum, otherwise go somewhere else. Thread closed.
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