Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Osmium" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: AM radio Qbasic Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 15:46:20 -0500 Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <20160506181019.5e6388451096bba8b09d9411@eircom.net> <20160506181019.5e6388451096bba8b09d9411@eircom.net> <20160506181019.5e6388451096bba8b09d9411@eircom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net cVjF7ruM8dP/qKfjezChYAN4dlLhQh+ewU3/ISSYgJ/Oi1/jqS Cancel-Lock: sha1:g51jPnoXqNm0nmH5cmoWCszfXm8= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:163360 wroteL > On 2016-05-07, Osmium wrote: >> "Rod Speed" wrote: >> >>> "jmfbahciv" wrote in message >>> news:PM000532403E826AE1@aca40426.ipt.aol.com... >>>> Morten Reistad wrote: >>>>> >> If so, I would remind you that he has overturned thousands of years of >> culture and the laws of all 50 states in how they distribute the >> inequality >> embedded in those state laws. To wit, the ruling that marriage benefits >> must be extended to men "marrying" men and women "marrying" women. >> >> He has also allowed openly gay people to serve in the military. Unless >> the >> army has changed a LOT since my day, doing so would come close to a wish >> for >> "suicide by others". But that is a different matter. >> >> > > Gayness has always been part of military matters, just nobody spoke > about it. No reason to. When you are in a deep-*hit situation, what > matters is how reliable your comrades are, not their sexual orientation. > We passed a unisex-kinda referendum here a while ago. I was opposed > as anyone about it, but as the time of voting arrived, a row started > as a local businessman tried to have his affaires talked about in > Parliment, It became obvious to me that the gay thing was not really > important. There was a study of some sort that said 2/3 of Marines thought having openly gay guys would have a negative affect on unit cohesion and effectiveness. It was a study, what can I say? I pay very little attention to what politicians say so I don't even know how much Obama promoted his LGBT agenda during his election campaigns. As what's her name said, vote for him and find out. WRT my suicide comment, I was thinking of gangs of guys, not one on one. In basic we had a very tall guy who was openly called "Sally' by three or four other guys. I always felt sorry for Sally but I wasn't willing to find out, the hard way, what the aggregate unit sentiment was. I doubt very much if Sally was gay, he was just a bit lacking in "maleness."