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Old Sep 22nd 2006, 4:24 am
  #61  
EvelynVogtGamble
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Martha Vandella wrote:

    > Newk Indofman wrote:
    >
    >>>Two men getting it on anywhere is diviate behavior.
    >>d-e-v-i-a-t-e, idiot.
    >
    >
    > d-e-v-i-a-n-t, spazz.

Actually both are correct - particularly in a forum where
both American and British English are commonly used.
    >
 
Old Sep 22nd 2006, 4:29 am
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EvelynVogtGamble
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Gooserider wrote:

    > <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected] oups.com...
    >
    >>What amazes me is that if the airlines had "strict" policies on overt
    >>affection, every plane would be diverted.
    >>Heterosexual couple do the same things but it is "OK" ,when a gay
    >>couple does it its "wrong"?!
    >>On many a flight I have taken, there have been many female
    >>couples,(whether gay or straight, I dont know) who seem to be in
    >>compromising positions yet its over looked.
    >
    >
    > That's because heterosexual affection is normal. I would not want to have to
    > explain to my 8 year old why those two men were making out. Tolerance and
    > acceptance are two different things, you know.

Unless your 8 year old has spent those eight years in an
isolation bubble, he/she probably knows more about it than
you do! (Kids tend to overhear grown-up talk and observe
grown-up actions more than their parents realize - and are
not reticent about sharing with their friends.)
    >
    >
 
Old Sep 22nd 2006, 4:33 am
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Buster wrote:

    > On 2006-09-21 14:02:44 -0500, Mxsmanic <[email protected]> said:
    >
    >> No gAAys on AA writes:
    >>> A spokesman for the airline backed up the flight crew's behavior and
    >>> said their complaints to the men had nothing to do with the fact that
    >>> they were a gay couple. "Our understanding is that the level of
    >>> affection was more than a quick peck on the cheek,” he told the
    >>> magazine.
    >> Given that a great many male flight attendants are homosexual, it
    >> seems unlikely that the crew would have objected unless these two
    >> people were engaging in some pretty unusual behavior.
    >
    >
    >
    > Well that's quite the leap in assumptions, isn't it?

You must be encountering Mixi for the first time! (In
rec.travel.europe he's famous for leaping to unwarranted
conclusions, then defending them to his last breath.)
    >
 
Old Sep 22nd 2006, 4:53 am
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On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:58:04 GMT, "Wull" <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >What a bunch of crap. I thought the scenario was that what people do in the
    >privacy of their own home (uncontested) is what gay people desire. I agree
    >with that 100%. Doing anything in poor taste out in public by any couples
    >should be frowned upon. I don't think anyone alive would object to private
    >affairs, except maybe a few religious fanatics.
    >Wull--who is very old fashioned.

I agree that it might have been in bad taste.

But, can you EVER expect the cabin crew to come talk to a hetero
couple for kissing a bit? I've been on flights where that happened
a lot, and non of the crew even blinked an eye.

So, there is NO justification for what went on regarding the two men.

NONE.




Alan Moorman

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The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals
and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals.
That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals.
It's just that they need more supervision.

Lynn Lavner - as published in PFLAG
 
Old Sep 22nd 2006, 4:54 am
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:09:28 GMT, Dionisio
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Tim C. wrote:
    >>Following up to "Newk Indofman" <[email protected]> :
    >>
    >>>d-e-v-i-a-t-e, idiot.
    >>>
    >>Shurely (sic) you mean deviant?
    >>
    >S-h-i-r-l-y,
    >;-)

Surely you mean "Shirley" don't you?

Alan

==

It's not that I think stupidity should be punishable by death.
I just think we should take the warning labels off of everything
and let the problem take care of itself.

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Old Sep 22nd 2006, 4:55 am
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On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:48:57 -0700, IranianSwine <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Newk Indofman wrote:
    >> <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected] oups.com...
    >>
    >>> Heterosexual couple do the same things but it is "OK" ,when a gay
    >>> couple does it its "wrong"?!
    >>
    >> That is generally true the world over, with just a few exceptions.
    >>
    >>
    >Most of the world isn't queer. Except for the Islamic extremists who
    >spend a lot of time together in hiding.

But, most of the world contains queers -- they're everywhere, and,
for the most part, they're just regular people.

So, get over it.



Alan Moorman

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The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals
and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals.
That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals.
It's just that they need more supervision.

Lynn Lavner - as published in PFLAG
 
Old Sep 22nd 2006, 5:17 am
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Martha Vandella wrote:
    >> Newk Indofman wrote:
    >>>>Two men getting it on anywhere is diviate behavior.
    >>>d-e-v-i-a-t-e, idiot.
    >> d-e-v-i-a-n-t, spazz.
    > Actually both are correct - particularly in a forum where both American
    > and British English are commonly used.

True and thanks for mentioning that, because I was being too snobbish to
admit it...
 
Old Sep 22nd 2006, 6:08 am
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["Followup-To:" header set to alt.politics.homosexuality.]
On 2006-09-22, lab~rat >:-) <[email protected]> wrote:
    > On 21 Sep 2006 12:39:30 -0700, [email protected] puked:
    >>What amazes me is that if the airlines had "strict" policies on overt
    >>affection, every plane would be diverted.
    >>Heterosexual couple do the same things but it is "OK" ,when a gay
    >>couple does it its "wrong"?!
    > My guess is that if someone complained about the normal couple, they
    > would be asked to stop as well. Do you disagree with me?

I'll try it on my next flight. Every five minutes I'll ring the
call and when the FA comes over, I'll complain about some opposite-sex
couple who is sharing their pretzels or sitting too close or doesn't
have the armrest down to separate them. Perhaps I'll just complain
loudly about a fat woman and say that I don't need to keep seeing
pregnant women shoving their sex lives in everyone's faces and could
she be covered up with a blanket for the duration of the flight or
something.

--
"I've always said you can lead a gift horse to water but you can't
always look it in the mouth." -- Lurlean Tucker's follow-up to her
other favorite saying about trying to teach an old dog to make a
silk purse using a stitch in time.
 
Old Sep 22nd 2006, 6:20 am
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Newk Indofman wrote:
    > "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > >
    > >
    > > Martha Vandella wrote:
    > >
    > >> Newk Indofman wrote:
    > >>
    > >>>>Two men getting it on anywhere is diviate behavior.
    > >>>
    > >>>d-e-v-i-a-t-e, idiot.
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> d-e-v-i-a-n-t, spazz.
    > >
    > > Actually both are correct - particularly in a forum where both American
    > > and British English are commonly used.
    > True and thanks for mentioning that, because I was being too snobbish to
    > admit it...

Ignoramus. Deviate is a verb and it's modified by "to". Deviant is a
noun. Since most of Western Civilization is devolving back to grunting
as a way of communicating, I can't fault you for not knowing 4th grade
grammar. I applaud your ability to read and write, however simple your
grasp of the language may be.
 
Old Sep 22nd 2006, 6:45 am
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] oups.com...
    > Newk Indofman wrote:
    >> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected]...
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > Martha Vandella wrote:
    >> >
    >> >> Newk Indofman wrote:
    >> >>
    >> >>>>Two men getting it on anywhere is diviate behavior.
    >> >>>
    >> >>>d-e-v-i-a-t-e, idiot.
    >> >>
    >> >>
    >> >> d-e-v-i-a-n-t, spazz.
    >> >
    >> > Actually both are correct - particularly in a forum where both American
    >> > and British English are commonly used.
    >> True and thanks for mentioning that, because I was being too snobbish to
    >> admit it...
    > Ignoramus. Deviate is a verb and it's modified by "to". Deviant is a
    > noun. Since most of Western Civilization is devolving back to grunting
    > as a way of communicating, I can't fault you for not knowing 4th grade
    > grammar. I applaud your ability to read and write, however simple your
    > grasp of the language may be.

Huh? "Deviate" most certainly is also an adjective (means "departing
significantly from the behavioral norms of a particular society <deviate
behavior>"). And it can be modified by anything or nothing, not just
"to" -- in fact, it's usually modified by "from." People can deviate *from*
the norm, a journey can be deviated south by bad weather.
 
Old Sep 22nd 2006, 7:04 am
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] oups.com...
    > Newk Indofman wrote:
    >> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected]...
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > Martha Vandella wrote:
    >> >
    >> >> Newk Indofman wrote:
    >> >>
    >> >>>>Two men getting it on anywhere is diviate behavior.
    >> >>>
    >> >>>d-e-v-i-a-t-e, idiot.
    >> >>
    >> >>
    >> >> d-e-v-i-a-n-t, spazz.
    >> >
    >> > Actually both are correct - particularly in a forum where both American
    >> > and British English are commonly used.
    >> True and thanks for mentioning that, because I was being too snobbish to
    >> admit it...
    > Ignoramus. Deviate is a verb and it's modified by "to". Deviant is a
    > noun. Since most of Western Civilization is devolving back to grunting
    > as a way of communicating, I can't fault you for not knowing 4th grade
    > grammar. I applaud your ability to read and write, however simple your
    > grasp of the language may be.

I've already posted the following. If you're unable to read it, have your
mother or an adult help you out:

Main Entry: de�vi�ate
Pronunciation: -vE-&t, -vE-"At
Function: adjective
    : departing significantly from the behavioral norms of a particular society
<deviate behavior>
http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwdictrr
 
Old Sep 22nd 2006, 10:12 am
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:06:00 GMT, in alt.politics.homosexuality
"lab~rat >:-)" <[email protected]>
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >| On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:47:11 GMT, Jeff North <[email protected]>
    >| puked:
    >|
    >| >On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:29:59 GMT, in alt.politics.homosexuality
    >| >"Gooserider" <[email protected]>
    >| ><[email protected]> wrote:
    >| >
    >| >>|
    >| >>| <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >| >>| news:[email protected] oups.com...
    >| >>| > What amazes me is that if the airlines had "strict" policies on overt
    >| >>| > affection, every plane would be diverted.
    >| >>| > Heterosexual couple do the same things but it is "OK" ,when a gay
    >| >>| > couple does it its "wrong"?!
    >| >>| > On many a flight I have taken, there have been many female
    >| >>| > couples,(whether gay or straight, I dont know) who seem to be in
    >| >>| > compromising positions yet its over looked.
    >| >>|
    >| >>| That's because heterosexual affection is normal. I would not want to have to
    >| >>| explain to my 8 year old why those two men were making out. Tolerance and
    >| >>| acceptance are two different things, you know.
    >| >
    >| >But you'd have no problem if it were two women making out!
    >|
    >| I would if my kids were sitting next to me.

Love the caveat....and if your kids were NOT sitting next to you?

    >| There is a time and a place for everything.
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Old Sep 22nd 2006, 12:06 pm
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[email protected] wrote:
    > Newk Indofman wrote:
    >
    >>"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >>news:[email protected]...
    >>>Martha Vandella wrote:
    >>>>Newk Indofman wrote:
    >>>>>>Two men getting it on anywhere is diviate behavior.
    >>>>>d-e-v-i-a-t-e, idiot.
    >>>>d-e-v-i-a-n-t, spazz.
    >>>Actually both are correct - particularly in a forum where both American
    >>>and British English are commonly used.
    >>True and thanks for mentioning that, because I was being too snobbish to
    >>admit it...
    >
    >
    > Ignoramus. Deviate is a verb and it's modified by "to". Deviant is a
    > noun. Since most of Western Civilization is devolving back to grunting
    > as a way of communicating, I can't fault you for not knowing 4th grade
    > grammar. I applaud your ability to read and write, however simple your
    > grasp of the language may be.

Obviously an American who assumes his version of English is
the only correct one! (And contrary to recent appearances -
i.e. the love affair between the Shrub and Tony Blair - the
UK is not a U.S. possession, either.)
 
Old Sep 22nd 2006, 6:01 pm
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:09:55 -0400, Newk Indofman <[email protected]>
wrote:

    > "IranianSwine" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:cUJQg.51$UJ2.5@fed1read07...
    >> Mxsmanic wrote:
    >>> No gAAys on AA writes:
    >>>> A spokesman for the airline backed up the flight crew's behavior and
    >>>> said their complaints to the men had nothing to do with the fact that
    >>>> they were a gay couple. "Our understanding is that the level of
    >>>> affection was more than a quick peck on the cheek," he told the
    >>>> magazine.
    >>> Given that a great many male flight attendants are homosexual, it
    >>> seems unlikely that the crew would have objected unless these two
    >>> people were engaging in some pretty unusual behavior.
    >> Two men getting it on anywhere is diviate behavior.
    > d-e-v-i-a-t-e, idiot.

Don't be a grammar Nazi unless you can avoid making a mistake of your own
of the same type.

Grammatically speaking, the correct word there would be "deviant."
 
Old Sep 22nd 2006, 6:02 pm
  #75  
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:20:00 -0400, <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Call me a prude but, ANYONE getting it on in a hugely public place and in
    > front of a captive audience has no respect for anyone, including
    > themselves.
    > Obviously their parents had no manners, either...and all before them!
    > Argyle

Prude. :P
 


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