The Seven Deadly weeks
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Michael Dorosh
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a_majoor said:
Sounds like a normal week at the office to me, frankly.
No wonder I'm exhausted come Friday...**whew**
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*starts throwing rainbow sprinkles in people's eyes* HA! Take that.
Disclaimer: In no way do I support gay pride week or the rainbow flag. My statement was to gather laughter and amusement. I do like rainbow sprinkles on my icecream however.
Disclaimer: In no way do I support gay pride week or the rainbow flag. My statement was to gather laughter and amusement. I do like rainbow sprinkles on my icecream however.
Michael Dorosh
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Canadian.Trucker said:
What bothers me is that it really isn't about gay pride. I've not attended the parade in Toronto or the events here (still remember Joe Clark as Parade Marshal one year, trying to get votes - during the fight to unite the right IIRC), but the highlights on TV make it seem like a freakshow.
I was disappointed at the two newly married mounties, doing the parade in red serge and Sam Brownes and stetsons - they properly removed the insignia, but pretty much relegated the respected Mountie uniform to a clown suit. I mean, they fought that hard for acceptance and I think they pretty much got what they wanted - even on this forum all I saw was mostly "good for them". And then instead of just living like normal people, they go and flash their uniforms in public and say "hey, look at us! Are you looking!?"
I always thought pride went hand in hand with quiet dignity. The spectacle on the TV of transvestites and drag queens and bondage gear every year doesn't really seem to fit in with what I thought was a desire for acceptance. Very odd concept. They want to have all the rights and privileges of regular couples, and yet their spokespersons make a concerted effort once a year to demonstrate how different they can make themselves look.
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Yet if they are always "out there" they are never forgotten. They may want to have the same rights and be treated equally, but they go out of their way to also appear very different.
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I like the sounds of wrath week... >
Nevertheless...I find this pride week leaves a bad taste in my mouth...I am not in the least against gay rights...I have some great friends who are gays and lesbians...
It's just really does make them look like freaks.
Now I have always wanted a straight pride week...who's up to getting that going...hmmmm say in Alberta...
HL
Nevertheless...I find this pride week leaves a bad taste in my mouth...I am not in the least against gay rights...I have some great friends who are gays and lesbians...
It's just really does make them look like freaks.
Now I have always wanted a straight pride week...who's up to getting that going...hmmmm say in Alberta...
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I says "Pardon?!" >Hot Lips said:
I was in San Francisco last year during Pride Week (with my girlfriend...yes, a real girl. And we were there to swim Alcatraz, not for the Pride festivities). Anyway....it was a blast. Sure many of them go over the top, in the freakshow catagory, but it's a party. I'm OK with parties.
Now, about this lust week........
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Parades are about going over the top. The flashiest, craziest outfits are what gets the interviews and news footage. Most homosexuals don't act like that daily just as most straight women don't dress like the staff at Brass Rail 
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TMM said:.... just as most straight women don't dress like the staff at Brass Rail
And that's another issue that I think we need to address.... >
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Have you been down town lately...lmaoTMM said:Parades are about going over the top. The flashiest, craziest outfits are what gets the interviews and news footage. Most homosexuals don't act like that daily just as most straight women don't dress like the staff at Brass Rail
Yah I would go for that lust week... :
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Haggis said:
lol, at the same time though for some it's killing 2 birds with 1 stone right?
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"Hey dad, happy fathers day and I'd like you to meet my friend Billy."
Seriously, it's a parade, it's supposed to be ridiculous, flashy and fun regardless of the theme. The lawyer at the head of the parade wearing a giant rainbow suit with stilts isn't going to wear it to the office and try and fellate his first client.
Seriously, it's a parade, it's supposed to be ridiculous, flashy and fun regardless of the theme. The lawyer at the head of the parade wearing a giant rainbow suit with stilts isn't going to wear it to the office and try and fellate his first client.
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Canadian.Trucker said:
Silly moo - birds are at the Dyke March
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Army guys talking about religion and politics and sin?
You sound lilke me at my stupidest!
(If you don't know...it's probably for the best.)
You sound lilke me at my stupidest!
(If you don't know...it's probably for the best.)
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Hey guys, and gals... gee where to start....(I'm sorry but I have to make the obvious post here) well I'm just going to say that even today there is a special type of discrimination given towards gay people. How many Jewish kids were beaten up by their fathers and tossed into the streets because they were Jewish? How many black people had to pretend to find a racist joke funny because if they don't laugh people might think they weren't white? How many of you on the subway sit one seat away from the person you've lived with for 15 years because you don't want to offend anyone. How about being made to feel like you're a perverted cancer in society - how would you feel if people said *oh you're like that person* as an insult.
No matter how strong you are, you'd internalise some of that. In the past, and present, that led to alot of self destructive behaviour. That internalised shame is also why it feels so good to march. Take all those feelings of being dark, ugly, disgusting, worthless and toss them out as you stand out in the sunlight for all the world to see as your beautifully fabulous self. Gay pride is more about - think of it as being cathartic. Now I know people say "it is too over the top" it doesn;t help your cause to be so "out there".... so what? It isn't about convincing people to support gay rights, it is about reaffirming self-worth. (that and it is a lots of fun - seriously)
Now may I digress? (http://www.deadlysins.com/sins/index.htm)
"Pride is excessive belief in ones own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity."
Okay "that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God" can we talk about how some religions have pushed homosexuals away from God? If coming to terms with how God made you, allows you to get closer to God, this isn't pride in the Sinfull context. It is just the opposite I think it shows love, hope and faith. (The three theological virtues)
No matter how strong you are, you'd internalise some of that. In the past, and present, that led to alot of self destructive behaviour. That internalised shame is also why it feels so good to march. Take all those feelings of being dark, ugly, disgusting, worthless and toss them out as you stand out in the sunlight for all the world to see as your beautifully fabulous self. Gay pride is more about - think of it as being cathartic. Now I know people say "it is too over the top" it doesn;t help your cause to be so "out there".... so what? It isn't about convincing people to support gay rights, it is about reaffirming self-worth. (that and it is a lots of fun - seriously)
Now may I digress? (http://www.deadlysins.com/sins/index.htm)
"Pride is excessive belief in ones own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity."
Okay "that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God" can we talk about how some religions have pushed homosexuals away from God? If coming to terms with how God made you, allows you to get closer to God, this isn't pride in the Sinfull context. It is just the opposite I think it shows love, hope and faith. (The three theological virtues)
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"Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath."
Hummm rejecting love, choosing hate.... that's a sin you say.... hummmm....
"Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness."
Well the gay community has to take it on the chin for this one. Most of the floats in the "pride parade" are slowly moving commercials. Loreal and Labatts I'm told had to lay down 5 figures to have their float. (not to mention the cost of the design/models) I know they use the revenue to keep pride week profitable (take note Carabana) and then use that money for charity (after throwing a wicked party)
Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.
Now, time to be silly. Do you think those stero-type freaky looking muscle guys got that way by Sloth? *if only* ;-)
"Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath."
Hummm rejecting love, choosing hate.... that's a sin you say.... hummmm....
"Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness."
Well the gay community has to take it on the chin for this one. Most of the floats in the "pride parade" are slowly moving commercials. Loreal and Labatts I'm told had to lay down 5 figures to have their float. (not to mention the cost of the design/models) I know they use the revenue to keep pride week profitable (take note Carabana) and then use that money for charity (after throwing a wicked party)
Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.
Now, time to be silly. Do you think those stero-type freaky looking muscle guys got that way by Sloth? *if only* ;-)
