Gays overreacting/looking for trouble?

Originally Posted by Russ D

So not a knee-jerk reaction on the part of gays who are convinced this is just a ploy to make their lives difficult?

Well frankly I wouldn't be surprised if there was some truth in the suggestion that it *is* to make their lives more difficult...!

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Graham

Well frankly I wouldn't be surprised if there was some truth in the suggestion that it *is* to make their lives more difficult...!

Really....you surprise me...

Originally Posted by zendawn

I wonder how they feel about c*ck or nipple rings

Well since I know a probationary police officer who has pierced nipples, it seems they're ok (or, at least, were the last time I spoke to him).

Originally Posted by zendawn

Anyway I object to the title of this thread.

'Gays over reacting / Looking for trouble' is imflamtory(sp?) at best and homophobia at worst.

If you hadn't disabled repping, I'd green rep you for this!

Originally Posted by Russ D

Really....you surprise me...

Ah, of course, I'm simply "over-reacting" and there's actually no truth in it whatsoever because Russ says so...

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Graham

Ah, of course, I'm simply "over-reacting" and there's actually no truth in it whatsoever because Russ says so...

Putting words in my mouth again Graham?

As you so often point out, what I'm doing is giving my opinion. I strongly believe you're wrong, you strongly believe you're right. Let's just leave it at that.

[zendawn]

Originally Posted by Graham

If you hadn't disabled repping, I'd green rep you for this!

You can still rep someone who's diabled reps. It just the pips that don't show.
Unfortunatly people cant see that the way they phrase things shows an underlaying predudice, be it conscious(sp?) or sub conscious.
If your against something your gonna use negative language, and if your for something your gonna use more positive language.

for example 'gays angered' rather than 'gay rights abused'.

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by Graham

If you hadn't disabled repping, I'd green rep you for this!

Why? It's a valid question.
Or are we no longer allowed to ask questions about "contraversial" topics?
Do you think that gay policemen are overreacting/looking for trouble or not?
Yes or no?
Simple as that.
A statement is a formulation of an opinion, and as such that opinion can be deemed prejudiced, but a question is a request for an opinion, and therefore although the answers can be prejudice, the question itself cannot.
For instance, the question "are people making the holocaust up?" is not anti semetic, but an answer of "too right, it didn't happen" could be considered an anti semetic answer.

As I've said, no patrolling officers should wear jewelery for their own safety.
This is a matter of gender descrimination, not sexuality descrimination, as homosexual women are able to wear earings still.
Now, if some homosexual men in the force feel that they are being descriminated against because they can't wear their earings, then why claim it's gays being descriminated against when hetrosexual earing wearing male officers are also being denied the ability to wear them too?

[Russ]

Originally Posted by zendawn

You can still rep someone who's diabled reps. It just the pips that don't show.
Unfortunatly people cant see that the way they phrase things shows an underlaying predudice, be it conscious(sp?) or sub conscious.
If your against something your gonna use negative language, and if your for something your gonna use more positive language.

for example 'gays angered' rather than 'gay rights abused'.

If you're talking about me then wow, seems like you know me better than I know myself......

edit - Wahey, Xaccers is here - the cavalry has arrived!!!

[Defiant]

Originally Posted by Russ D

Putting words in my mouth again Graham?

As you so often point out, what I'm doing is giving my opinion. I strongly believe you're wrong, you strongly believe you're right. Let's just leave it at that.

Your not allowed an opinion with him or didn't you know that already lol

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Defiant

Your not allowed an opinion with him or didn't you know that already lol

OK let's try and stay away from getting too personal against individual members....it's getting late and I'm hoping to get to bed soon..

Originally Posted by Russ D

Putting words in my mouth again Graham?

Well, no, actually I was trying to interpret your comment of "Really....you surprise me... " and that was the most appropriate interpretation of it that I could see given what you have written elsewhere in this thread.

Of course if that *wasn't* what you meant, perhaps next time instead of making a vague comment, the interpretation of which is up to the reader, you could be a little more exact in your meaning...?

Originally Posted by zendawn

You can still rep someone who's diabled reps. It just the pips that don't show.

Ah, I didn't know that, I thought reps didn't happen at all.

Well, in which case, there's a green rep heading your way

Unfortunatly people cant see that the way they phrase things shows an underlaying predudice, be it conscious(sp?) or sub conscious.
If your against something your gonna use negative language, and if your for something your gonna use more positive language.

Yep, very true.

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Graham

Well, no, actually I was trying to interpret your comment of "Really....you surprise me... " and that was the most appropriate interpretation of it that I could see given what you have written elsewhere in this thread.

Of course if that *wasn't* what you meant, perhaps next time instead of making a vague comment, the interpretation of which is up to the reader, you could be a little more exact in your meaning...?

You've got a point. Althought you could have just directly asked what i was talking about....

My point was I think that what you were suggesting was quite, what's the word...preposterous and I'd consider it to be almost overkill paranoia. I didn't actually think you were serious initially but now I think you were. The idea that there's an underground conspiracy to make life hard for gays is not a theory I could take seriously. Yes of course many will have experienced prejudice in their time but....nah, I can't even begin on this one.

[zendawn]

Originally Posted by Russ D

If you're talking about me then wow, seems like you know me better than I know myself......

Im talking about people in general. As far as Im concerned the thread title is written in predudicial(sp?) language and is biased against gays.