I don't use it. I hear it used though. I can see why and how it would offend you Burgs but just keep in mind that expressions come and go in and out of fashion so this too shall pass. I don't *personally* find it offensive; my concern is for the developing child. Everyone's adolescence is full of s...

Cail - I don't hear it much from adults. I hear it being used by kids more and more, and my brother and his wife, middle school teachers, confirm this.

I wish that kids wouldn't use that word, and I don't like how it's being used today. And that's simply because when other young kids - who know they're gay - hear the word being tossed around negatively, their initial awareness of "self" is inflected - or infected, even - with negativity. ...

I should admit that Dr. Who is a guilty pleasure - kind of like watching Judge Judy. (Watching stupid rednecks exposed as stupid rednecks? Priceless.) I'm much more a fan of the new Dr. Who than the old, though I grew up with the older reruns on PBS, horribly out of order. Special effects aside, the...

Ah. You're right - I don't know you! I was thinking, though, that this is actually a good comparison for this group. Of all readers of a particular genre, fantasy and sci-fi readers are more often thought of as nerds or freaks than any other. Largely because of certain stereotypical behaviors, and ...

Ah. You're right - I don't know you! I was thinking, though, that this is actually a good comparison for this group. Of all readers of a particular genre, fantasy and sci-fi readers are more often thought of as nerds or freaks than any other. Largely because of certain stereotypical behaviors, and t...

One of them had a birthday yesterday and ran around all day with a tiara and some kind of flimsy scarf thing on and was doing some kind of silly birthday dance. Disgusting! That sounds an awful lot to me like people who go to Star Trek conventions wearing Spock ears, or who went to The Lord of the ...

Good notes on the film - I guess I didn't phrase my questions correctly. I really intended it more as a "what if?" question, for the books, not the movie. If the cock hadn't crowed, if Rohan hadn't shown up at just the right time - and the two had to engage each other, what would have happ...

This may have been discussed. Perhaps even by me, when the extended version of TROTK came out. I remember being wrathful. On March 14 the Witch-king, infused by Sauron with added demonic force, led massive numbers of Orcs, Haradrim, and Easterlings to besiege Minas Tirith. Before dawn on the 15th, t...

I first started with The Hobbit, in 6th or 7th grade, and found Bilbo's and Gandalf's greetings a bit odd in the first few pages. Of course, it was very "British", so of course it was odd to me. I didn't like it, and though I'd only read maybe 5-10 pages, returned the book to the library, ...

It *can* be annoying, but at it's heart, "PC" is about is being more acceptant of others different from yourself. Wikipedia summed it up nicely, for me at least. Political correctness (adjectivally politically correct, both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term used to describe langu...

Obviously, in today's society, there's a strong PC movement to ridicule people who voice this repulsion. Just look at this thread. The social pressure is undeniable. Yes - and thank God (or the Creator, or the Prime Mover, or just good ol' fashion common sense) for the PC movement. During the past ...

This is either a result of your inattention, a lack of intelligence, or blatant hypocrisy. Malik - I'm not trying to start anything. Just an observation. You've complained rather vociferously about ad hominem attacks. You may be right. But from what I've seen in this thread, you often reply to any ...

The problem with saying that homosexuals don't further the species is that many are parents - biological, not adoptive. It doesn't seem logical to me that a gay gene would create repulsion for heterosexual sex, especially as most of my gay friends had sex with a girl/woman at some point in their lif...

"You can hear me," she pronounced, speaking now in lambent chrysoprase and jacinth rather than saffron blots. Thanks for the reference! I'm glad you were bored. I'll have to update my review. And I'll have to reread that whole section. But I like your explanation, and it makes sense. I gu...

As someone who suffers from Bipolar disorder, such research, and the suggestion, is not insulting to me. Truth, and the search for it, does not insult me. I was going to question your use of the word "suffer"; but then I remembered what my life was like prior to Depakote. I think I speak ...

My opinion on gays is quite different and more positive than it was years ago. Probably due to reading posts from and getting to know people like you. That is really good to know. Seriously. Thanks for saying it. See? Not so pointless, you just made me think [a Gay Pride Parade] is a little less od...

He may think that anything less affects his integrity as an artist, but if he was more judicious with his use of language, we would never have noticed, and we'd still be fans. (So I assume.) Surely somebody agrees? Other than reviewers on Amazon who rate his books poorly? I enjoy the vocabulary les...

I do find it odd though to take pride (Gay Pride Parades for example) in a defect. If I knew how to link to a new thread, I would create a thread in the Tank and link to it from here. I don't know how to do that. If anyone else does, please do and we can continue the rather pointless conversation o...

This is the last thing I'll say. "The media" only gives its readers/viewers, whatever, what they want. If there are more gay themed books (there are), or more gay TV, movies, videos, etc. (there are), that's because there is a demand for these things. And it's because more and more people ...