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Falcon4
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NOV 11, 07:46 PM
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This has got to be the dumbest bickering topic I've ever seen. Some group of assholes (*ahem* almost literally) get pissed at a business for choosing not to do business with a gay couple? What a tub of crap, IMO...
Yeah, it was worded badly. "I don't like you 'cuz you're gay", basically. Whatever. Then be a little pissed at the business and move on. No. They go and ride the "Gay Pride" wave while pissing all over anyone who chooses not to associate with gay guys. Umm... can you say "blown out of proportion"? So the guy doesn't want to get hit on every 3 minutes while doing yard work! That's his choice! Obviously he's not that desperate for business. He can make it without one customer and his group of gay ****buddies. Now this gay guy goes out of his way to make a massive stink all over the internet saying they're being discriminated against.
Ding ding, sucker... ya think? I think it's a given by now that if you hang out with gay guys, you'll end up getting hit on. Some people just don't feel like putting up with that, so they stop before it even gets started. Sure, not all gays are like that, the same way not all black people steal bikes in the ghetto. But damn if it's not a majority.
I hope he's getting a flood of new business from people that aren't uptight anal assholes (*ahem* again...). Kinda like the Dixie Chicks. They get all this negative "vibe" but guess what? They gain a whole shitload of new fans in the process. Hate them all you want... all you're doing is making them more famous.  ------------------
'87 Fiero GT, Automatic, 153k miles, stock everything, just trying to make it all work again. :D
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Phranc
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NOV 11, 07:52 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
And that would be your right. But what if they were all republicans? The almighty dollar speaks loud and clear except when you truly have a moral issue with something, well, it does for some of us.
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Gays I would work for but gay republicans crosses the line. 
I've never been hit on by gays when hanging out with them. And I'm sexy.[This message has been edited by Phranc (edited 11-11-2006).]
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blackrams
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NOV 11, 07:57 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Phranc:
Gays I would work for but gay republicans crosses the line.
I've never been hit on by gays when hanging out with them. And I'm sexy.
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Exactly my point and that would make you discriminating against a minority group. ------------------
Ron
Land of the Free because of the Brave. Most gave some, some gave all.
My imagination is the only limiting factor to my Fiero. Well, there is that money issue.
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Falcon4
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NOV 11, 08:01 PM
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How the hell does a mentality make a person a "minority"? Isn't that like hating jews? Just because of a choice of lifestyle, they become a "minority"?
I'm a minority then. I think this whole discussion is bullshit. 
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Scott-Wa
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NOV 11, 08:01 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Phranc:
Gays I would work for but gay republicans crosses the line.
I've never been hit on by gays when hanging out with them. And I'm sexy.
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I was once in college, didn't offend me anymore than having a woman hit on me. Kind of an ego boost to have even a guy attracted to ya. I must have been sexier than you 
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Scott-Wa
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NOV 11, 08:06 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Falcon4:
Now this gay guy goes out of his way to make a massive stink all over the internet saying they're being discriminated against.
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Who says he went out of his way? How far out of your way did you go to make that reply? Things spread like wildfire, I don't think the couple that the business wrote the letter to asked for anything further from that company. Did you see them demand they mow the lawn? Did you see them file a court action? It's some on both sides of the issue that read about it getting stupid with threats and rude responses. I think emailing friends asking them not to use the company is just as valid as what the company did... seems like the american thing to do, boycott them.
Just struck me that their response falls in line with what the business did... they don't want people with their views supporting that business. Tit for Tat.
Not a mention of asking the ACLU to file a case, suing or the likes.[This message has been edited by Scott-Wa (edited 11-11-2006).]
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cliffw
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NOV 11, 08:20 PM
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Throughout this discussion I keep seeing in my mind this sign I have actually seen many times. Posted in many businesses are signs that say "We have the right to refuse service to anyone". There must be a legal reason for it though I do not see why there should be.
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Falcon4
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NOV 11, 08:31 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Scott-Wa:
Who says he went out of his way? How far out of your way did you go to make that reply? Things spread like wildfire, I don't think the couple that the business wrote the letter to asked for anything further from that company. Did you see them demand they mow the lawn? Did you see them file a court action? It's some on both sides of the issue that read about it getting stupid with threats and rude responses. I think emailing friends asking them not to use the company is just as valid as what the company did... seems like the american thing to do, boycott them. |
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F-I-E-R-O said it best... and you are quite wrong, to put it simply.
| quote | | What these gay guys did was worse than the landscaper. All the landscaper did was refuse to work for someone because they had a certain lifestyle. The homosexuals turned it into a "cause." If they chose not to do business with them, fine, move on to someone who will. To imply that the decision was made out of "ignorance" is really saying that they expect everyone else to accept them for who they are regardless of what they believe of feel is right. In other words- accept what we believe is right, but you don't have the right to believe what you think is right. |
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Phranc
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NOV 11, 08:33 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
Exactly my point and that would make you discriminating against a minority group.
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Who Log Cabbiners?
Realy I'd work for anyone even my fellow republicans.
| quote | Originally posted by Scott-Wa:
I was once in college, didn't offend me anymore than having a woman hit on me. Kind of an ego boost to have even a guy attracted to ya. I must have been sexier than you |
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I've been told that I give off that *NOT GAY* vibe realy hard. Wich I find odd.
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Scott-Wa
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NOV 11, 08:58 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Falcon4:
F-I-E-R-O said it best... and you are quite wrong, to put it simply.
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Ok, put it less simply... give me your reasoning for why I'm wrong. A statement like you made doesn't convey what you think makes me wrong or why.
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