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Fri 31/08/01 at 12:11
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See or hear the boxers kicking off their match a little early?

Lennox Lewis and the other guy whose name I can't remember started throwing insults, with the other guy suggesting Lewis was gay, so he asked if the other guy had a sister, which started a 'don't talk about my family' 'don't talk about me' thing, which lead to fisticuffs.

It's funny that people get so fussed by being called gay - questioning thier sexuality seems to make them 'prove their masculinity' quicker than anything else are bring out the fists.

No doubt these same people try to be oh-so PC and say that 'some of thier best friends are gay.' How come everyone but me has best friends that are gay?

So what would I do if someone called be gay? It wouldn't bother me at all if that was the only insult they could throw at me. I'm comfortable with my sexuality - they clearly aren't.

"Bums against the walls lads", as all gay blokes will rape any man that doesn't have his bottom covered?

Seems like a funny way to try to insult someone - those that are don't seem to be fussed if you tell them they are.
Sat 01/09/01 at 10:26
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Nah, anyone who really knows me would already know that I'm not, and anyway, women don't come up and pinch me, so why men?
Sat 01/09/01 at 10:25
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pb wrote:
Ignore it, and be
> pleased that anyone actually cared enough to worry about such a
> thing!

But what if this person's rumouring persisted, and people around you started to treat you differently?
Sat 01/09/01 at 10:24
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Pb, if you ignore it people may belive that you are gay then you will get men pinching you in all places.
Sat 01/09/01 at 10:22
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Nomad_Soul wrote:
> Okay, let's try this:
What would you all do if, say, someone at
> where you work was spreading rumours that you were gay.
How would
> you react?

Ignore it, and be pleased that anyone actually cared enough to worry about such a thing!
Sat 01/09/01 at 10:21
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I'd say I'd found his erotic collection of manly magazines and his little rumour was just so people wouldn't believe me.
Sat 01/09/01 at 10:18
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Introduce the person with my fist?
Sat 01/09/01 at 10:16
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Okay, let's try this:
What would you all do if, say, someone at where you work was spreading rumours that you were gay.
How would you react?
Sat 01/09/01 at 10:03
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If someone called me gay now, I would automatically think that they was calling me a homo not calling me happy.
Sat 01/09/01 at 09:27
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Gay used to be a phrase for homosexuals or even back in the old days if you said a man was gay he might think You mean he was a happy guy and care free. But people just started sing it as an insult not realizing it is homophobic.
Sat 01/09/01 at 07:37
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So, /is/ Lewis gay or not?
And /does/ the other guy with the not so easy to remember name have a sister?

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