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#852 Oct 23 2011 at 6:17 PM Rating: Excellent
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If I'm so completely wrong, then clarify. Please explain exactly what all the rules are. I'm relying on lolgaxe, who I view as far more reliable then you. So if you want to disagree, then please explain the rules.
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#853 Oct 23 2011 at 6:41 PM Rating: Decent
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If I'm so completely wrong, then clarify. Please explain exactly what all the rules are. I'm relying on lolgaxe, who I view as far more reliable then you. So if you want to disagree, then please explain the rules.


Rooms are separated by sex not sexuality. There are exceptions, i.e. with married couples depending on the situation. I even had an open bay with women before, but that just isn't the norm.

You keep bringing up lolGaxe as if he is contradicting me. You all are grasping at straws. I made a mistake and I CORRECTED it. Instead of accepting that, you all are pretending that what I'm saying is different than what lolgaxe is saying. It only takes like a day of service to know that men and women are separated in living arrangements.

Depending on the scenario, sex is not forbidden in your room. In many cases, if someone of the OPPOSITE sex visits you, your door has to be open to some degree.
#856 Oct 23 2011 at 11:02 PM Rating: Excellent
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What is "it"?


"It" was discrimination based solely on one's sexual orientation.
Alma wrote:

I asked you to provide me ANY scenario in current society where it is ok to discriminate against sexual orientation. I'm not simply referring to DADT.


Legally, marriage in many states & at the Federal level are the only ones I can think of, because of DOMA or various "1 man 1 woman" state level laws. I don't think it's right, but it is legal.

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I also asked you to provide me examples of discrimination within the military that you don't believe is justified that aren't related to sexuality.


I think if Chyna wants to be cannon fodder, she is probably just as capable as most men & would be able to do the job. Stinks that she can't though, but I understand that many woman won't be able too hence the justification for the discrimination. I imagine at some point this may change for exceptions to be made on a case by case basis, but still don't imagine too many woman getting into front line combat roles.

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How little you understand. Then again, I don't expect you to understand much. Your overall lack of ability to argue supports that notion. You attack from emotions, you don't think, which means there is no logic. Logic extends beyond feelings and emotions and if you refuse to accept the reality that there exist a time and a place to discriminate against ANY human trait, to include sexuality, then you are simply too dense, emotional and biased to see clearly.


My argument is that now that society, which includes the military, is now overwhelmingly comfortable around homosexuals that it was logical to end the practice of DADT. Refute it.

I don't believe sexual orientation, like race, is something that can be logically discriminated against. If you do, feel free to tell me when you think it's ok & why.

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The answer is in front of you, but you refuse to accept it because it goes against everything you believed in. Instead of being a man about it and just adjust your feelings, you lash out on others projecting ignorance and stupidity to make it appear that they are nothing but bigots. Well, you need to find someone with less intellect and logic to be more on your level to argue with, because I will not fall for such childish and immature attacks.


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If you want to reorganize the military and it's rules, fine, but do so by looking at the whole "big" picture.


Small steps, Captain ******. One change leads to the next.

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This is nothing more than ignorant people making stupid decisions because they think they know what's best.


Nah, this is smart people making a good decision now that the time is right. Only ignorant folks are resisting the change, since there's no logic behind it.






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#857 Oct 24 2011 at 4:28 AM Rating: Default
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Vageta wrote:
Legally, marriage in many states & at the Federal level are the only ones I can think of, because


Correction on my part, when I said "justified", I meant to you that you accept as being justified. I'm not referencing to a law that you disagree with. Please name a scenario where YOU think it is OK to discriminate against sexual orientation.

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I think if Chyna wants to be cannon fodder, she is probably just as capable as most men & would be able to do the job. Stinks that she can't though, but I understand that many woman won't be able too hence the justification for the discrimination. I imagine at some point this may change for exceptions to be made on a case by case basis, but still don't imagine too many woman getting into front line combat roles.


But they already are. What do you mean "many women wont be able to"? What possibly can prevent a majority of women from being a tanker, besides simply not allowing them?

You started off saying "it's wrong", but then agree to it at the end as being logical. So which one is it? Is it a logical discrimination or not?

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My argument is that now that society, which includes the military, is now overwhelmingly comfortable around homosexuals that it was logical to end the practice of DADT. Refute it.


Action speaks louder than words. You're simply making stuff up. If the overwhelming population supported homosexuality, then we wouldn't be having this conversation. I use this example again. Let there be a law in place that says women can't vote and see how long that will last.

You live in a world of denial. Just because homosexuality is "popular" in the media, doesn't mean the overwhelming people accept it.

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I don't believe sexual orientation, like race, is something that can be logically discriminated against. If you do, feel free to tell me when you think it's ok & why.



And that's your problem. I can think of numerous logical reasons to discriminate on any human aspect, to include skin clolr. If you somehow believe that sexuality is special, then once again, you are living in a world of denial.

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Small steps, Captain ******. One change leads to the next.


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If you want it[DADT] changed, fine, but if your goal is to reduce discrimination, that has to be done after reevaluating everything. It doesn't necessarily have to happen all at once, but there should at least be a plan in place.


Nice try, but if there isn't even a plan to do so, then you're not planning to do so. You're basically say "eh, let them deal with it" and by doing so, you're creating the problems listed in the remainder of post 206.

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Nah, this is smart people making a good decision now that the time is right. Only ignorant folks are resisting the change, since there's no logic behind it.


You mean like the logic on post 206, which was mentioned in the repeal of DADT? As a result prevents homosexuals from gaining any benefits... Yea homosexuals, you can marry now, you just don't get any benefits!!!!!!!
#858 Oct 24 2011 at 4:36 AM Rating: Excellent
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Action speaks louder than words. You're simply making stuff up. If the overwhelming population supported homosexuality, then we wouldn't be having this conversation. I use this example again. Let there be a law in place that says women can't vote and see how long that will last.

You live in a world of denial. Just because homosexuality is "popular" in the media, doesn't mean the overwhelming people accept it.
Whether or not an overwhelming amount of the population supports homosexuality or not does not matter. Rights are not handed out based on some popularity contest, or at least shouldn't be. This is the United Fucking States, the shining city on a hill. Nobody should have to deny who they are in order to serve this great nation.
#859 Oct 24 2011 at 4:45 AM Rating: Excellent
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Correction on my part, when I said "justified", I meant to you that you accept as being justified. I'm not referencing to a law that you disagree with. Please name a scenario where YOU think it is OK to discriminate against sexual orientation.

...And that's your problem. I can think of numerous logical reasons to discriminate on any human aspect, to include skin clolr. If you somehow believe that sexuality is special, then once again, you are living in a world of denial.


I don't think there're any logical reasons to discriminate do to sexual orientation or skin color. You do though, so how about some examples & the logic behind it?

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But they already are. What do you mean "many women wont be able to"? What possibly can prevent a majority of women from being a tanker, besides simply not allowing them?

You started off saying "it's wrong", but then agree to it at the end as being logical. So which one is it? Is it a logical discrimination or not?


In my scenario, I think it's logical. In yours, it appears to be illogical. I don't know enough about tankering & why woman aren't allowed to do it to give you my opinion on the subject, though.

Regardless, gender & sexual orientation discrimination are different beasts so one isn't necessarily equivalent to the other.

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Action speaks louder than words. You're simply making stuff up. If the overwhelming population supported homosexuality, then we wouldn't be having this conversation. I use this example again. Let there be a law in place that says women can't vote and see how long that will last.

You live in a world of denial. Just because homosexuality is "popular" in the media, doesn't mean the overwhelming people accept it.



According to a December 2010 Washington Post-ABC News poll 77 percent of Americans say gays and lesbians who publicly disclose their sexual orientation should be able to serve in the military.

The support also cuts across partisan and ideological lines, with majorities of Democrats (86%), Republicans (74%), independents (74%), liberals (92%), conservatives (67%), white evangelical Protestants (70%) and non-religious (84%) in favor of homosexuals' serving openly.

A November 2010 survey by the Pew Research Center found that 58 percent of the American public favors permitting homosexuals to serve openly in the military, while less than half that number (27 percent) are opposed.[86] According to a November 2010 CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll 72% of adult Americans favor permitting people who are openly gay or lesbian to serve in the military, while 23 % oppose it.[87] "The main difference between the CNN poll and the Pew poll is in the number of respondents who told pollsters that they didn't have an opinion on this topic – 16 percent in the Pew poll compared to only five percent in the CNN survey," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "The two polls report virtually the same number who say they oppose gays serving openly in the military, which suggests that there are some people who favor that change in policy but for some reason were reluctant to admit that to the Pew interviewers. That happens occasionally on topics where moral issues and equal-treatment issues intersect."[88]

A February 2010 Quinnipiac University national poll shows 57% of American voters favor gays serving openly, compared to 36% opposed, and 66% say the current policy of not allowing openly gay personnel to serve is discrimination, opposed to 31% who see no discrimination.[89] A CBS News/New York Times national poll done at the same time shows 58% of Americans favor gays serving openly, compared to 28% opposed.[90]


Refute that, **********

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Nice try, but if there isn't even a plan to do so, then you're not planning to do so. You're basically say "eh, let them deal with it" and by doing so, you're creating the problems listed in the remainder of post 206.


I solved that with your "no-****" shorts pages ago.

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You mean like the logic on post 206, which was mentioned in the repeal of DADT? As a result prevents homosexuals from gaining any benefits... Yea homosexuals, you can marry now, you just don't get any benefits!!!!!!!


I don't know what this means, on multiple levels.

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Action speaks louder than words. You're simply making stuff up. If the overwhelming population supported homosexuality, then we wouldn't be having this conversation. I use this example again. Let there be a law in place that says women can't vote and see how long that will last.

You live in a world of denial. Just because homosexuality is "popular" in the media, doesn't mean the overwhelming people accept it.
Whether or not an overwhelming amount of the population supports homosexuality or not does not matter. Rights are not handed out based on some popularity contest, or at least shouldn't be. This is the United Fucking States, the shining city on a hill. Nobody should have to deny who they are in order to serve this great nation.



I know that.. I'm just debunking the silly belief that majority of the U.S. supports everything in reference to homosexuality just because it's popular in the media. Rather something is a "right" or not, is a completely different issue.
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I don't think there're any logical reasons to discriminate do to sexual orientation or skin color. You do though, so how about some examples & the logic behind it?


Do you or do you not think it's a logical discrimination to cast an actor/actress of a certain skin color to portray a person of the said skin color?

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In my scenario, I think it's logical. In yours, it appears to be illogical. I don't know enough about tankering & why woman aren't allowed to do it to give you my opinion on the subject, though.



So, then that means you still owe me a current discrimination in the military that you don't support in any scenario, like your bias towards homosexuality.


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Refute that, **********


I already did. See the previous post from whence you quoted.

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I solved that with your "no-****" shorts pages ago.


I want to see this. Please... please tell me how "no ****" shorts will allow women to be tankers, Christians to grow beards, men to have long hair, foreign born citizens become President, mandate women to partake in selective service,etc.

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I don't know what this means, on multiple levels.


You questioned my logic. The same logic I presented on post 206 was presented in the repeal of DADT. The repeal does not allow same sex couples the same benefits as heterosexual couples. So, you're so joyful about it, but that's like allowing SSM, but not allowing them the same financial benefits. Yet, you're so bent on that the military fully supports the integration.
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I know that.. I'm just debunking the silly belief that majority of the U.S. supports everything in reference to homosexuality just because it's popular in the media.


Lubriderm was right, of course, and it has no bearing on the issue, but did you actually think that you debunked it by saying:

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If the overwhelming population supported homosexuality, then we wouldn't be having this conversation.


Because that would be pretty fucking stupid.
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Do you or do you not think it's a logical discrimination to cast an actor/actress of a certain skin color to portray a person of the said skin color?
The Last Airbender was a fucking horrible movie.
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I know that.. I'm just debunking the silly belief that majority of the U.S. supports everything in reference to homosexuality just because it's popular in the media.


Lubriderm was right, of course, and it has no bearing on the issue, but did you actually think that you debunked it by saying:

Almalieque wrote:
If the overwhelming population supported homosexuality, then we wouldn't be having this conversation.


Because that would be pretty fucking stupid.



Actually I wasn't. I guess that clears that up.
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Do you or do you not think it's a logical discrimination to cast an actor/actress of a certain skin color to portray a person of the said skin color?

Not as long as we have blackface.
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I know that.. I'm just debunking the silly belief that majority of the U.S. supports everything in reference to homosexuality just because it's popular in the media.


Lubriderm was right, of course, and it has no bearing on the issue, but did you actually think that you debunked it by saying:

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If the overwhelming population supported homosexuality, then we wouldn't be having this conversation.


Because that would be pretty fucking stupid.



Actually I wasn't. I guess that clears that up.


It certainly does. I wasn't previously sure if you had a disorder that causes you to have a disconnect between what you write and what it means, but now I am.

That, or you become a compulsive liar when forced to confront the stupidity of the **** that you write. Either or.
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Do you or do you not think it's a logical discrimination to cast an actor/actress of a certain skin color to portray a person of the said skin color?

Not as long as we have blackface.


That's not answering the question.

Whether you want to do black faces or do what the Wayan's did in "White Chicks" or some other form of make up is completely irrelevant. Is it logical or not to want to cast a white male to portray Elvis?
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I know that.. I'm just debunking the silly belief that majority of the U.S. supports everything in reference to homosexuality just because it's popular in the media.


Lubriderm was right, of course, and it has no bearing on the issue, but did you actually think that you debunked it by saying:

Almalieque wrote:
If the overwhelming population supported homosexuality, then we wouldn't be having this conversation.


Because that would be pretty fucking stupid.



Actually I wasn't. I guess that clears that up.


It certainly does. I wasn't previously sure if you had a disorder that causes you to have a disconnect between what you write and what it means, but now I am.

That, or you become a compulsive liar when forced to confront the stupidity of the sh*t that you write. Either or.


Or your failure at comprehension?! I think I will go with that since you completely ignored sentences and only singled out one sentence. If that sole sentence was my "argument", then I wouldn't have written the other sentences surrounding that. Not only that, that wasn't my first reference. Since I don't like repeating myself a million times, hence post 206 references, I simply shortened my argument.
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That's not answering the question.

That, however, is a great job of taking a joke seriously.
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Might as well ***** that Yao Ming is discriminated against because he can't get the role of one of the seven dwarves.
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Or your failure at comprehension?! I think I will go with that since I'm deathly afraid of the blow my ego would suffer if I was forced to confront that I'm overmatched intellectually on all sides.


Right.
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Whether or not an overwhelming amount of the population supports homosexuality or not does not matter. Rights are not handed out based on some popularity contest, or at least shouldn't be. This is the United Fucking States, the shining city on a hill. Nobody should have to deny who they are in order to serve this great nation.


I agree 100%, sadly, that reduces Alma's argument to little more than a proclamation by him that "**** ain't Amuricans"!


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You keep bringing up lolGaxe as if he is contradicting me. You all are grasping at straws. I made a mistake and I CORRECTED it. Instead of accepting that, you all are pretending that what I'm saying is different than what lolgaxe is saying. It only takes like a day of service to know that men and women are separated in living arrangements.
he did explicitly contradict you on this point.

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Depending on the scenario, sex is not forbidden in your room. In many cases, if someone of the OPPOSITE sex visits you, your door has to be open to some degree.
You can have sex, but only with the door open?

If I understand your complaint it's that gay people who are not married but are a couple would be allowed to live together, while straight people who are not married would not be allowed to live together because the military has no concept of couples aside from marriage. However apparently straight couples could still have sex, but they have to keep the door open, so your real complaint here seems to be that gay couples who happen to live together could have sex with the door closed. Of course sometimes there are exceptions as you've stated. I'm under the impression that you're not going to be getting it on in a barracks environment anyway, so I'm struggling to see the big problem here.

Seems to me to that it's not really be that big a deal, and it certainly isn't a justification for making gay people hide that they're gay.

Now I understand that your point is that your complaints taken as a whole justify the discrimination, while on their own they may not. Feel free to bring up another point if you want to discuss it, or you can add something to help me understand your point better. I think one at a time works better though.
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Seems to me to that it's not really be that big a deal, and it certainly isn't a justification for making gay people hide that they're gay.

That's what it boils down to. If I'm choosing between "gay couple might have sex when a heterosexual couple could not" and "straight person can openly be straight where a gay person would lose his service and career", I'm going to vote for the buttsex every time. If someone wants to take it from that point and develop a fair solution which doesn't endanger the gay guy for daring to be gay and letting anyone know it, knock yourself out and let me know when you've come up with something.
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I'm under the impression that you're not going to be getting it on in a barracks environment anyway, so I'm struggling to see the big problem here.
Of course Chain of Command can just as easily not allow said gay couple to live together as they could let the breeder couple live together. All it takes is creativity for the latter. For instance during deployments, companies pretty much live in the same block of living assignments, and all living areas are basically enclosed behind giant-*** cement walls. Just put the breeders in the living area that is completely blocked off from view at the front. Crappy graphic representation, but the lines are the giant-*** cement walls, the X is where you can easily hide a breeder couple, and the area fits about twelve trailers (most of which is your own company).
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Boom, half way solved. The other half is simply saying a different person lives there so all paperwork shows that the rooms are male/male and female/female for simple plausible deniability if the couple are stupid and get themselves caught.

And even then I've never once in my three deployments heard of anyone getting in trouble. For fuck's sake the PX sells condoms and lube.

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