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Souvy

I'm not sure there is much discrimination in HQ positions but there certainly is in combat units. We knew of a gay bloke who requested a posting to the Van Doos. My missus said he must be insane.

Bill Gibbons

Sorry couldn't resist and answer. Angry about gays? No, just upset that homosexual activism has now infiltrated the military, but that's the wimpification of Canada these days, anyway.

Repressing homosexual urges? Ah, I get it. I am concerned about homosexual activism being pushed into every facet of society - so I surely must be queer, right? I studied for four years to get my degree in criminology, so that must surely mean I'm a closet criminal, right? And I was engaged in anti-terrorism duties of six years in the UK, which makes me a closet terrorist, of course! Let's not mention my ownership of a security & private investigation agency, which means there is a petty criminal just screaming to get out!

So spare me the pop psychology, please.

You must be English.

Bill Gibbons

You first.

cjones

Sounds to me like he's learned his lesson, so it's probably fine to let him out now.

Lemonfish

OK, so you are very tough etc. Good for you.

Gay people until very very recently were massively discriminated against in a whole load of different ways in western countries that are too numerous for me to mention. In large parts of the world, its still OK to kill gay people or imprison them for being who they are. Or they deny gay people even exist.

In our schools, gay kids still get bullied horrifically and have high rates of suicide and they don't understand why people can't accept them for who they are.

Cliches and stereotypes about being gay are still very prolific, as you and some others have demonstrated on this thread with the whole mincing, wimpification and other comments.

Newsflash to you - there are lots of different types of gay people just the same as there are lots of different types of straight people. Its not a lifestyle, people don't 'choose' to be gay any more than you 'choose' to be straight (if indeed you are, I don't like to assume).

So if CFB Edmonton is flying a flag for one day of the year to demonstrate, thank god, that military high command recognizes the mistakes of the past and that its now open for gay people as much as anyone else, what the hell is the problem?

Why on earth do you care?

What do you find so incredibly threatening about this?

I honestly can't understand why anyone would feel the way you do about this issue, although I'm trying, really I am.

Siouxie

As the original 'day' of flag raising has long passed and due to the thread seeming to be degenerating into a mud slinging arena, I see no reason to keep it open any longer - it serves no purpose.

On that note, thread closed.