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The Infernal Trio is going to the party as soon as South's is over.

Well, it was a bit of a slog, but I finally finished preliminary writing on my third mission. Now I need extra eyes.

I'm requesting beta-readers and hopefully a Britpicker, though not necessarily both from the same person. If you're willing to help, just send me an e-mail saying so to novakrazny@gmail.com. I'd really appreciate it.

To me, sex is a really weird and kind of icky process, and relationships just look like an unnecessary lot of trouble. I can get why other people are interested, but the whole business just seems kind of stupid to me. I still enjoy romantic storylines in fiction in the same way I still enjoy gruesome murders in fiction; fun to read about, but damned if you'll catch me being involved firsthand.

Just adding that some people don't want to display their sexuality at all, no matter what 'type' it is, and I think that while those who are comfortable shouldn't be stopped from making a loud issue out of it to get their rights, there also should be nothing wrong with people keeping it to themselves. (Which I know isn't what you were saying; I didn't misunderstand - I'm just commenting.)

I find homosexuality weird - not bad or wrong or anything, just weird. It's not for me. Just as carelessly failing classes or working at McDonald's is not for me. People make too big a deal out of it all, I think - and yes, I think you're right; people feel threatened. It's not conscious, and it's definately not rational, but it's there. It's a matter of people not being comfortable with themselves, I think.

I don't know; am just rambling. :)

Hear, hear.  Veronica is a snot who has no respect for him.

Then again, Archie's really no prize himself.  Someone stated that he'll be just as happy with Veronica as he deserves to be.  I'm somewhat inclined to agree. 

I think, at some level, I just thought he'd actually grow up and go for the girl who actually seemed to care about him.

What I said is that (I wish there was) a plan that allows both girls what they want: Veronica gets to "win" (in her own warped definition of such) while allowing Betty to actually gain Archie's companionship within an established framework.

The Reverend Mother Acuzio Geraldine Grundy has approved this plan, wishes benisons upon her students (and especially upon her acolyte) and desires guarentees of a proper mixture of the bloodlines.

-G the B, going crazy to keep from getting mad

...what?  Not thinking that Cloud and Sephiroth (just an example) would get it on makes one an "immature, stupid, homophobic little bitch?"  That doesn't follow.

Ugh.  If anything, making judgments like that is "immature, stupid bitch" behavior.  (What?  I call guys "bitches," too.  I'm equal-opportunity like that!)  But replace "homophobic" with "irrational."

Sorry for the angry rant.  But the idea that being opposed to a particular slash pairing makes one "homophobic" is just ridiculous.

"D'you think someone could tell DoSAT that no one needs their dial to have an eleven?" she asked Leas.

Leas, who was carrying a tray of fairy bread (covered by a layer of clingwrap), gave her a puzzled look. "WHAT?" he yelled.

"Never mind," Deryn muttered, and balanced her box of muffins on one hip so she could knock at the door. "HEY! VISITORS WITH FOOD!"

It is only when it is two identical new threads on the main board show up, or someone posting multiple new threads that we are a little irked.

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Australia, you're my home, my native country, and I can't wait to return to you in the summer. SO STOP SUCKING ALREADY.

Luckily a few people still have their heads on right. I like that TV critic guy. Honestly, with all the other stuff that goes on in Home and Away, any parent who lets a child watch it has way more to worry about than GASP the child thinking that maybe being lesbian isn't a big deal. ("But that might give them the courage to come out of the closet! Then where will my denial go?") Honestly, I vaguely remember witchcraft or something when my friends watched it around five years ago. And it mentioned drug abuse in the article.

But facts are, I find heterosexuality to be a little weird. I'm bi, but the idea of only being attracted to one gender is a little off putting to me.

That said, I'm not going to be parading down the street protesting straights either. So I can't be angry at you for thinking homosexuality is weird, especially since you're aware enough to know it's not weird and perfectly natural.

As for pushing homosexuality into the spotlight... That's more trying to end the discrimination and get rights like marriage. Being discreet never worked for any other civil rights battles. If people aren't aware that these people actually exist, they won't care about the issues. Otherwise they think the homosexual population is limited to a handful of perverts littered around the country and nothing anyone should be concerned about. (BTW, by "pushing into the spotlight" I mean the normal forms of protest that are perfectly peaceful but extremely noticeable. Violent protest is never the answer and I perfectly understand feeling threatened if that ever went down, though I haven't heard of any cases).

I totally agree. The original Dune is always nearest and dearest to my heart.

I hate it when this happens. Not "normal" and "natural"?! *GROWL*

why some others think a religion-free world would have been better. I can't help but think of the line about the wall and the revolution...

On a related note, Britain banned an American minister from visiting due to his homophobic speeches, so there is some justice in the world.

He wouldn't post his own announcement so I'm posting one for him.

Hey, we're not gonna be angry at you. It'd be hypocritical. I'm glad you can post your opinions online in a place where you won't get criticized. That's what we're here for, isn't it? Oh, and the sporks, too.

I, for one, am well aware that homosexuality is a part of nature. Not just in humans, but in a truckload of other species as well, so there's no arguing that it's a perversion or something that can be changed.

However, that doesn't mean I'm comfortable with it anyhow. I'll be honest-- I find it weird. Not necessarily bad, and I'm certainly not the type who's going to go parading down the street with a GAYS ARE THE DEVIL'S CHILDREN sign or anything, but I can't help finding it weird. I don't think it has all that much to do with the way I was raised, since I was raised to be tolerant, so in the end it just IS weird to me.

People get angry about things they find weird or not like them because, deep down (or not, in some cases) they feel threatened by them. It doesn't matter how silly that feeling is, or the fact that it's caused more problems for humanity over the years than anything else under the sun; it's a long-ingrained response. Changing that is almost as hard as changing being homosexual. And it doesn't help ease the threatened feeling when people seem to be so intent to push homosexuality into the spotlight.

Granted, keeping it in the dark forever isn't a good idea either; a balance has to be reached. But it hasn't been found yet. So in the end we have two indelible traits of nature clashing against each other.