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Donald Renouf wrote on 11:47, 26th Feb 2004:
[s]EviLTwiN wrote on 11:17, 26th Feb 2004:[i]
I wasnt talking about not liking their opinion, I was talking about not liking them insulting me.
Who has insulted whom, really? Go back and read.
Comparing me to those who wouldn't sit on a bus with a black person is a little extreme - I think you must be getting the idea that I'm some sort of rabid homophobe. Naturally one doesn't broadcast one's opinions all the time when the only result is that people get offended and het up about them, as you have yourself so ably demonstrated. Also, it would simply be tactless, when one has (or had?) so many gay friends. I just felt in this case that someone ought to voice a different opinion on what seemed to be a rather one-sided thread.
Where did this whole religion issue come from, anyway? I never mentioned it. It is actually possible to oppose the idea of gay marriage without being a frightful ranting fundie, you know - though that is a concept some people seem to have trouble grasping.
Also, the Chambers Dictionary gives the following definition for bigot: "a person blindly or obstinately devoted to a particular set of ideas, creed or political party, and dismissive towards others".
I don't think that I fit that description.
Oh, and while I have the dictionary open...
civilised: "(having) advanced beyond the primitive savage state; refined in interests and tastes; sophisticated, self-controlled and well-spoken".
[s]Edited to put in quotation from EvilTwin
I just went back and read as you suggested. I was insulted, by a comment saying that I just blindly called someone a bigot, when I didn't. Whereas the other person was insulted by my opinion. There's a big difference there, since what they said was wrong, and thats a fact, since i did think carefully about it. However what I said was my opinion, and I gave arguments to back it up.
I never insulted a person until they insulted me. Before then I insulted an opinion. And that was only my opinion, which I am entitled to... ie. it is bigoted to hold that view. And i even gave a reason true to the dictionary definition.
Where is the problem?
Also, I don't think you're a "rabid homophobe", I simply think your opinion on gay marriage is bigoted. ok?
And I think someone against gay marriages quoting the definition of civilised is kind of ironic, especially as it was aimed at implying I'm not
Each to his own i guess.