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« Reply #15 on: July 15, 2006, 11:19:59 am »

Eh? what?  What you talking about?  It's a word.  I didn't make it up. 


What's so wrong with gay having a third meaning?  It had one, then it had two now it's got three. 


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« Reply #16 on: July 15, 2006, 11:21:28 am »
Because it's using it as an insult.

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« Reply #17 on: July 15, 2006, 11:26:26 am »

Why is it?  It's got no connection to homosexuality has it?  If I say 'Don't be gay!' It's not the same as saying 'Don't be a homosexual!' I can't see the problem.  Language is a living thing, words change and evolve. 


There seems to be some feeling abroad on this forum that I am homophobic.  I am not. 


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« Reply #18 on: July 15, 2006, 11:30:44 am »
It is a little offensive to gays Bounty Hunter to say that in the eyes
of the PC brigade out there.  I'd be careful - they'll take you
the same way that vicar went if they have their way if you say things
like that too often.

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« Reply #19 on: July 15, 2006, 11:35:06 am »

Good point.  I wont resign though. 


What about when politicians kiss babies druring election campaigns?  They aren't forced to resign.


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« Reply #20 on: July 15, 2006, 11:35:53 am »
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Good point.  I wont resign though. 



Not after the last fiasco, no.

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« Reply #21 on: July 15, 2006, 11:37:51 am »
Don't resign.  No one expects you to.

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« Reply #23 on: July 16, 2006, 08:52:52 am »

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Bounty I hear kids saying that and think they're pathetic. For a 40 year-old man to do it is sad beyond belief.


My kids went through a phase of using gay in this way and I let them know my opinion in no uncertain terms.  They don't do it any more.

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« Reply #24 on: July 16, 2006, 09:02:17 am »
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Why is it gay?


Gay doesn't just mean homosexual or bright and carefree it can also mean worthless and stupid.  I often say it to people at work if they hide my stapler or something. E.g. 'Look where is it?  Stop being gay'



Bounty, do you not realise that the use of 'gay' to denote negative things like this is a direct reference to the negative way in which many people see homosexuality? It's a put-down of homosexuality, equating it to things that are 'worthless and stupid' in you own words. 

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« Reply #25 on: July 16, 2006, 11:38:14 pm »
I agree.
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