> On Dec 1, 2006, at 2:43 PM, boddi satva wrote:
>
> > So Yoshie you deny that men in Iran have been executed for
> > homosexuality?
>
> This long ago ceased to be a productive topic. I'm sure that Yoshie
> can find plenty of other forums to provoke people with her
> provocative provocations.
>
> Doug
Or perhaps rather what Yoshie is objecting to is turning events like this : "Gay activists jailed for protesting 'don't ask, don't tell'" http://gay.netscape.com/story/2006/08/19/gay-activists-jailed-for-protesting-dont-ask-dont-tell/ into a more general claim that the US is a theocratic military state. Such a statment supposes a certain sense of absolute authority, centralisation within the US state no? And which homosexual loving Islam tolerant army is running around in the desert shooting video with commentary like this? http://youtube.com/watch?v=hZW8V4K6774. Should I draw a generalization from this about the whole US military or indeed the entire US state from this? It is the smug generalizations being drawn that I think is pissing off Yoshie.
tfast
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